Will and Gavin de Granville have come back from the crusade older, braver, and definitely wiser. Ellie has been longing for their return. But they've changed. And home is almost as dangerous as the war they've just left.

The king is missing. The country is in turmoil. And some men would do anything for power. What will two brothers risk for the woman they both love and the king they have both sworn to protect and serve? In the second book of the de Granville trilogy, Will and Gavin find their family--and all of England--in serious peril.

Blood Red Horse is an exceptionally good historical novel, all about the big things: life and death, love and loyalty, courage and despair, the treachery of friends, and the nobility of an enemy. As I did, you will lose your heart to Will, Gavin, Ellie, and the Muslim Kamil, but most of all to a magical blood red horse named Hosanna.

Cushman, author of The Midwife's Apprentice, a Newbery Medal winner; and Catherine,Called Birdy, a Newbery Honor book.