Rocking Horse War (2011)
“She studied the range before her, matching it to her memory of Peter’s maps. The most direct way through the mountains was the saddle-shaped pass cutting low between the Anvil and the Keystone Peak: the pass called the Grey Men’s Grave.
Pearl marched up the edge of the gully, heading for the curved line of the pass, harsh and dark against the bright sky. She walked faster than she normally would on steep heather, determined not to let Thomas get ahead, determined to reach Emmie before him.
... Her feet moved across land she had only traced with her fingers on maps before today. She knew the names, the heights and the contours of these mountains, but she had never breathed their air.
To the east, the Anvil was a massive wedge of a mountain, scarred by gullies and corries, weeping with burns and waterfalls. It cast a thick cold shadow over the whole pass.
The Keystone Peak, on the west side of the pass, was higher than the Anvil, its sharp summit soaring up into the sunlight from a long narrow ridge and a silver plateau.MoreLess
Pearl marched up the edge of the gully, heading for the curved line of the pass, harsh and dark against the bright sky. She walked faster than she normally would on steep heather, determined not to let Thomas get ahead, determined to reach Emmie before him.
... Her feet moved across land she had only traced with her fingers on maps before today. She knew the names, the heights and the contours of these mountains, but she had never breathed their air.
To the east, the Anvil was a massive wedge of a mountain, scarred by gullies and corries, weeping with burns and waterfalls. It cast a thick cold shadow over the whole pass.
The Keystone Peak, on the west side of the pass, was higher than the Anvil, its sharp summit soaring up into the sunlight from a long narrow ridge and a silver plateau.MoreLess
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