She steps towards him. She lifts her hands spreading them in the pale glow of the moon. And in her palms sits a wooden horse. Don't be fooled from the description on the back of the book that this is a historical tome dedicated to the early farriers of New Zealand. What you will find as you turn the pages is a historical novel with myriad storylines and connecting the present with early New Zealand.
Several storylines are on the go at once, each moving back and forth.
At first I thought I would not make it through the first few chapters but on getting used to the style of the book I am glad I persevered. Revealed is an often sad tale of two people whose lives in different centuries have parallels over the generations. An old woman, Phoenix, seeks out young Tom Soloman, a peacekeeper who served in Bosnia, to tell him the story of her life.