There's a young man named Sean, who is basically a seahorse-whisperer, who's won four previous times, but has gambled a lot on this year's race. And a great many stain the beach with their blood and their lives. (In the book they are called Capall Uisce - which is wicked hard to pronounce but it's like CAPple ISHka.) The winner gets a big purse. Each November, the bold young men of Thisby race along the beach on the sea horses they have captured. The basics of the story are: on this small island of Thisby there is a type of horse that lives mostly in the water, but occassionally comes up on land to eat people and/or sheeps and such. She sounds Irish - is she Irish? I know she lives in US now, but I'm pretty darn sure she's Irish. She writes with (what I feel) is the perfect balance between description/plot/dialog. I wouldn't say that I'm a "Fan" of many authors in this way - but that is exactly how I feel about Maggie Steifvater. I love it when I'm such a fan of an author that I don't even need to know the plot of their book - I buy it because I love the way that individual thinks and writes.
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