ABSTRACT:
This very well researched multi-cultural, international novel is fiction based upon facts. An explosive, controversial, unforgettable epic that is timely and very much alive. Written with a you-are-there immediacy. Revolving around a dynamic American heroine, The Horseman is a gripping tale of passion, Mid-Eastern politics, esoterica (reincarnation, Tarot, mythology), as well as the roots of the ongoing bloody upheavals between the Turks and the Kurds. Complete with magnificent settings from Turkey and Mecca to Ireland and the United States, The Horseman presents an intense, multi-cultural love triangle with indomitable characters united in their quest for social justice. As Ariadne, the American, Burhan, the Turk, and Mehmet Ali, the Kurd, emerge from the mists of 8,000 BC and reunite in 20th Century Turkey, they play out their star-crossed destinies upon an explosive socio-political stage.
Reviews: " ... a hard-hitting story... a substantial novel..." Piers Anthony, Author, FL USA
" ...O'Donnelly writes like Wilbur Smith in a skirt... just so very colourful and descriptive...the characters sprang to life in about three lines. Brilliant!" Mike Subritzky-Kusza, New Zealand War Poet and Author of The Vietnam Scrapbook "The Second ANZAC Adventure" New Zealand
" ...fascinating! I took time off especially to read THE HORSEMAN! O'Donnelly is for Turkey what Kazantjakis is for Greece. The Horseman is a cosmic tale of love, sin, and redemption with a variety of information about customs, , archaeology, history and philosophy indeed spanning from Keltia to Anatolia!" Dr. M. Ilmiye Cig, Sumerologist, Istanbul, Turkey
"... O'Donnelly's work is rich with very vivid, original characters who exhibit a type of Old World charm rarely seen these days. While all three (novels from the Lands of the Morning series) ) offered a unique reading experience, I have to say that I favor The Horseman." Lewis Perdue, author of The Da Vinci Legacy
...THE HORSEMAN is a very different book with a most unusual setting. Ms. O'Donnelly opens a door into a fascinating world few of us see. The ties bind her characters through time, despite their ethnic and religious differences... the history that is intertwined within the romance... this is a book for one who wishes to delve into a story that is a mlange of cultures and characters." Kathe Robin, Romantic Times Magazine, NY
