THE DARK HORSE

By Marcus Sedgwick

Synopsis

When Sigurd and Mouse find a mysterious box on the beach, they take it back to their village, oblivious of the evil that is about to befall them. Storn is running out of food and as the crops are failing, tensions are running high. But then things turn from bad to worse as rumours spread that The Dark Horse are approaching.

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Narrator	James Cronin
Length	4hrs
Catalogue No.	617285
Publisher	Orion Childrens; 2003

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