When Colts Ran
When Colts Ran is a 2010 novel by Australian novelist Roger McDonald. Plot summary. The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The novel follows the arc of Colts's life, from station hand to World War II in New Guinea to livestock agent, broken, forlorn and alcoholic. Notes. Epigraph: Peaseblossom...Ready. Cobweb... And I. Moth ...And I Mustardseed...And I. All...Where shall we go? - "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act III, Scene I When Colts Ran When