{"product_id":"the-shadowy-horses","title":"The Shadowy Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters--sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!\"--DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea, in this darkly romantic novel of historical fiction by bestselling author Susanna Kearsley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe invincible ninth Roman Legion marches from York to fight the Northern tribes, and then vanishes from the pages of history. When Verity Grey goes looking for them in modern-day Scotland, she may find more than she bargained for.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it--not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has \"seen\" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere on the windswept Scottish shores, Verity may find the answer to one of the great unsolved mysteries of the historical record. Or she may uncover secrets from the romantic past that were buried for a reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFans of historical romance will be completely transported by The Shadowy Horses, an exquisite novel of Scottish historical fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso by Susanna Kearsley:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Winter Sea\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Desperate Fortune\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Firebird\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rose Garden\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Splendour Falls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeason of Storms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMariana\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed of the Dragon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBellewether\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48059571241215,"sku":"*R0034073*","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/6869283482687.jpg?v=1768593798","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-shadowy-horses","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}