A breathtaking novel set in the wilds of Ireland, from

the bestselling author of Shiver, Linger and

Forever.

Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water…

Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs

of Skarmouth.

Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the

blood from the sand.

The mounts are capaill uisce: savage

water horses.

There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, more

deadly. To race them can be suicide but the danger is

irresistible.

Sean Kendrick knows the dangers of the capaill uisce.

With one foot in the ocean and one on land, he is the only man on

the island capable of taming the beasts. He races

to prove something both to himself and to the horses.

Puck Connolly enters the races to save her family. But the horse

she rides is an ordinary little mare, just as Puck is an ordinary

girl.

When Sean sees Puck on the beach he doesn’t think she belongs.

He doesn’t realize his fate will become entwined in hers.

They both enter the Races hoping to change their lives. But

first they’ll have to survive.

Romantic and steeped in legend

Maggie Stiefvater is a master at writing both romance and heart-pounding

action

Her books have consistently debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller

list

PRAISE FOR SCORPIO RACES

If The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you’ve

ever read, that’s because it is. The capaill

uisce are exhilarating, frightening creations… Stiefvater has

successfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written a complex literary

thriller - New York Times

The bestselling author of Shiver (2009)

and Linger (2010) turns the

legend of the water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure. The

water horses are breathtakingly well-imagined, glorious

and untamably violent. The final race, with Sean and Puck each

protecting each other but both determined to win, comes to a pitch-perfect

conclusion. Masterful. Like nothing else out there now.

• Kirkus Review