My Black Water Horse
Book Four of The Wand Maker's Son
Part of
The Wand Maker's Son
The roads beneath the rivers are changing, forcing water horses towards exits they never chose. Pip Vale must uncover the magic behind the disturbance with Storm, a dangerous black kelpie whose friendship cannot be commanded.
A hoofbeat beneath an empty bridge. A stream flowing uphill. A familiar voice rising from a school drain. Something is wrong with the roads beneath the rivers.
Pip Vale has discovered a hidden network of watery passages, travelled by creatures who can cross between places no human map can explain. Storm, a powerful black kelpie, knows those roads. Riding with him offers Pip speed, wonder and a glimpse of a world far beyond the riverbank. But someone has altered the crossings.
Pale posts marked with silver are steering water horses towards false exits. Travellers vanish from familiar routes, and the disturbance begins spilling into ordinary lives as fields flood and safe paths disappear.
With Silas, Arthur and his friends, Pip follows the clues through careful records, ancient wandcraft and troubling memories preserved in Solomon’s empty wand. Every discovery brings them closer to understanding the damage, but a careless repair could leave someone else facing its consequences. And Storm is no tame companion.
His hunger is dangerous. His patience has limits. He chooses when to help and when to leave. As the water rises, Pip must confront his own mistakes and learn that needing a friend’s help does not give him the right to demand it.
My Black Water Horse by Mister Magpie combines Scottish folklore, magical creatures, family mysteries and perilous river journeys with humour and friendships strong enough to survive disagreement.
Book Four of The Wand Maker’s Son, continuing after A Creature in the Black Loch. Best enjoyed in series order.
Pip may call. Storm decides whether to answer.
Pip Vale has discovered a hidden network of watery passages, travelled by creatures who can cross between places no human map can explain. Storm, a powerful black kelpie, knows those roads. Riding with him offers Pip speed, wonder and a glimpse of a world far beyond the riverbank. But someone has altered the crossings.
Pale posts marked with silver are steering water horses towards false exits. Travellers vanish from familiar routes, and the disturbance begins spilling into ordinary lives as fields flood and safe paths disappear.
With Silas, Arthur and his friends, Pip follows the clues through careful records, ancient wandcraft and troubling memories preserved in Solomon’s empty wand. Every discovery brings them closer to understanding the damage, but a careless repair could leave someone else facing its consequences. And Storm is no tame companion.
His hunger is dangerous. His patience has limits. He chooses when to help and when to leave. As the water rises, Pip must confront his own mistakes and learn that needing a friend’s help does not give him the right to demand it.
My Black Water Horse by Mister Magpie combines Scottish folklore, magical creatures, family mysteries and perilous river journeys with humour and friendships strong enough to survive disagreement.
Book Four of The Wand Maker’s Son, continuing after A Creature in the Black Loch. Best enjoyed in series order.
Pip may call. Storm decides whether to answer.
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Mister Magpie
Mister Magpie
