A breathtaking novel set in the wilds of Ireland, fromthe bestselling author of Shiver, Linger andForever.Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water...Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffsof Skarmouth.Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes theblood from the sand.The mounts are capaill uisce: savagewater horses.There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, moredeadly. To race them can be suicide but the danger isirresistible.Sean Kendrick knows the dangers of the capaill uisce.With one foot in the ocean and one on land, he is the only man onthe island capable of taming the beasts. He racesto prove something both to himself and to the horses. Puck Connolly enters the races to save her family. But the horseshe rides is an ordinary little mare, just as Puck is an ordinarygirl.When Sean sees Puck on the beach he doesn't think she belongs.He doesn't realize his fate will become entwined in hers.They both enter the Races hoping to change their lives. Butfirst they'll have to survive. Romantic and steeped in legendMaggie Stiefvater is a master at writing both romance and heart-poundingactionHer books have consistently debuted at #1 on the NYT bestsellerlist PRAISE FOR SCORPIO RACES"If The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you'veever read, that's because it is. The capailluisce are exhilarating, frightening creations... Stiefvater hassuccessfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written a complex literarythriller" - New York TimesThe bestselling author of Shiver (2009)and Linger (2010) turns thelegend of the water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure. Thewater horses are breathtakingly well-imagined, gloriousand untamably violent. The final race, with Sean and Puck eachprotecting each other but both determined to win, comes to a pitch-perfectconclusion. Masterful. Like nothing else out there now.- Kirkus Review