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Elen is a princess of the kingdom of Ymbria. Her greatest wish is to become a rider of worldrunners: the magical horses that are the only safe way to travel the roads through the worlds of Faerie. Now Elen has the chance to fulfill her dream at last, but the price is much too high.

To become a worldrider, Elen must journey to the House of the Star on Earth, the Arizona ranch where the worldrunners live and breed. There, she must try to forge a peace with her people’s worst enemy—a traitor from the world of Caledon—and end the war that has been tearing their worlds apart for centuries. If Elen doesn’t succeed, the Master of the House of the Star will close both Ymbria and Caledon off from the worldroads forever. Can the wisdom of a worldrunner named Blanca help Elen in her quest to save her world?

  • Caitlin Brennan
    Caitlin Brennan  

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The mythical worlds of Ymbria and Caledon have been at war for thousands of years. Elen is the daughter of the queen of Ymbria. Elen's mother tells her she must travel to the House of the Star, the Arizona ranch on earth where the worldrunner horses are bred and raised. The worldrunners are the only creatures that can safely travel the roads that connect the mystical kingdoms. Elen loves horses and has long dreamed of being one of the few people allowed to ride the magical horses. The queen is dismayed when Elen refuses to go. Elen fears that she is being used as a pawn, sent to the House of the Star to meet and marry a representative from Caledon. Unwittingly, a bold, beautiful, and intelligent worldrunner named Blanca coerces Elen and brings her to the House of the Star. Here, Elen is shocked to discover that not only is the Caledon representative a girl, but Elen has to share a room with her. This novel has a sometimes complex storyline as the details of Elen's family history slowly emerge. Readers who enjoy the elements of fantasy, however, will find the story unique and intriguing. Reviewer: Denise Daley
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Gr 7–10—Princess Elen of Ymbria has always wanted to be a rider of a worldrunner-a magical horse that can travel safely on faerie roads between worlds. She is invited to Earth to stay at the House of Star, an Arizona ranch where these animals are bred. The only catch is that someone from the royal family of Caledon has been invited as well. Ymbria and Caledon have been at war for centuries and both worlds could lose access to the faerie roads if the fighting does not stop. Elen fears that the invitation is a trap to make her marry a Caledonian prince, so she runs away. She becomes lost and is saved by a worldrunner named Blanca who takes her to the House of Star where she discovers that the object isn't marriage, but friendship, and that the Caledonian prince is a princess. Elen immediately distrusts Princess Ria and is determined to prove that she is up to something. The two guests bunk with Sara, a girl from Earth who tries to help them get past centuries of hate and prejudice. Can their mutual love of horses save their kingdoms from destruction? Brennan creates a magical world based around a realistic ranch setting. The two main characters are complex and avoid the common clichés about princesses. Fans of fantasy and horses will find an intriguing premise and a galloping plot.—Samantha Larsen Hastings, Riverton Library, UT
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When Princess Elen of Ymbria unwillingly arrives at summer camp on a magical horse, she brings three things with her: a talisman, a book of maps and centuries of hostility toward the rival world of Caledon. Her hostility drives much of the book; insults and insensitivities quickly escalate into a feud between Elen and Ria, Caledon's representative at Rancho Estrella (House of the Star) in Arizona. After several chapters of horse-grooming and Elen's unremitting resentment, Ria takes a "worldrunner" (a horse that can travel between worlds) and endangers all the pregnant worldrunner mares. The story moves along quickly thanks to high doses of action—the last quarter of the novel is a page-turner—but the plot is thin and the characters' dialogue is exposition-heavy. Much depends on Elen's fortuitous eavesdropping and Brennan's willingness to create loopholes in previously established rules. The concept of the worldroad and Elen's encounters with the wonderfully imagined Horned King save this from being a hackneyed tale of warring kingdoms and telepathic horses. A fast-paced book for horse lovers and not-yet-sophisticated readers of high fantasy. (Fantasy. 10 & up)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780765320377
  • Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
  • Publication date: 11/9/2010
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 690L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.90 (w) x 11.80 (h) x 1.02 (d)

Meet the Author

CAITLIN BRENNAN is the author of a dozen acclaimed novels, including The Mountain’s Call, Song of Unmaking, and Shattered Dance. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge University, she holds degrees in ancient and medieval history, and breeds Lipizzan horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona.

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House of the Star

She would die here. Her soul would wander the borderlands of Faerie forever, lost and forgotten. She would never see her mother or her people or her world again.

After a moment or an hour or an age, hooves clattered on stone. Elen lowered her hands from her eyes, blinking. The light of this place was dazzling bright and yet had no source: no sun or moon or star.

The shape that loomed over her was as white as the sky. It lowered its long head and warmed her with its sweet-scented breath. She was safe now, it said without words: a feeling so deep it sank all the way to the bottom of her. She wrapped her arms around the grey mare's neck and clung for her life's sake.

The mare was alone. She wore no saddle or bridle and carried no rider. Still, there was no mistaking that tall and massive body or that strong arched profile with its dark, wise eye.

Elen looked into that eye and found the mare's name there. It came to Elen first as a feeling: a sense of snow and clouds and peaceful whiteness. The word that described that feeling was an Earth word, and it was a name: Blanca.

"Blanca," Elen said. Her voice was as raw as her throat. "Please. Take me—"

The rest would not come as words. She held the image of the horses and the pasture and the world called Hesperia inside her head, and hoped that Blanca could see it, too.

Blanca knelt. Mount, that meant.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    This is a terrific coming of age fantasy

    Princess Elen of Ymbria dreams of one day becoming a rider of the Worldrunners. These horses are the only safe means of traveling Faerie and traversing the multi worlds. To achieve her personal goal, she must go to earth to be trained.

    Though she knows that if she leaves Ymbria she will anger her family, but to not attempt achieving her dream she will anger herself. Elen arrives at the House of the Star ranch in Arizona. Although her personal quest is horse-riding training, she also has a secret official mission. While at the ranch she must meet with her peoples' enemy in hopes of forming an alliance. Her chances are slim, but with the guidance of the Worldrunners, she may succeed at both tasks.

    This is a terrific coming of age fantasy as the heroine wants to choose how she lives her life, but being a princess her choices are limited by family decree. Still she rebels only to find herself caught in disputes not of her making. Young adult sub-genre fans will enjoy riding along side heroic Elen as her refrain is the Sinatra tune, My Way.

    Harriet Klausner

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