Ten Thousand White Mares

* The gripping story of a determined young woman * About courage, faith, adventure and... horses * Full of cultural facts, with a fascinating historical background The laws at the end of the thirteenth century on the vast Asian continent are clear: everything belongs to Kublai Khan. Young women are forbidden to wear his talisman or to ride in his service. They are also not allowed to race across the plains with the fastest riders, let alone own a horse. But Oyuna listened to her grandmother's prophecy: one day she will ride her own horse - a milk-white horse, swift as the wind - and thus bring honor to herself and her parents. Oyuna was born on the Mongolian steppe. When she was a child, her foot was crushed by a horse. The clan believes she brings bad luck. Therefore, she must stay in the family ger (a tent made of thick felt). But Oyuna knows that on horseback she can be free - free to ride and to win. She secretly seeks out the horses. Nothing can stop her: not the mountains, the soldiers, the vastness of the Gobi desert, nor the great Khan.