Description
<p>The Race for Flugal Farm is the first book in a trilogy that charters the lives and adventures of the inhabitants of the Riding Stables at Flugal Farm.</p><div>Times had been hard for George Flugal and his wife, and this inevitably resulted in him having to sell the majority of the school's horses until he was left its just four: Pogo, Biff, Troy and an ex-racehorse called Chance.</div><div>The horses who along with a young stable hand Rachelle Perkins, a dog named Nugget, a pig called Nigel and an old family friend Uncle Dave, make up the Flugal's extended family.</div><div>When they find themselves facing the possibility of having the farm repossessed by the bank, and bought out by the odious Mr Williams, have to pull together to enter a carriage drive in order to win the prize money and save their way of life.</div>
Story Behind The Book
An American astronaut named Ariel Wolfe is working near the International Space Station when he is bombarded by a huge coronal mass ejection (giant flare) of the sun. Expecting his death, something else happened. Ariel's mind floats faster than light reaching a distant planet similar to Earth, where his mind is downloaded into an alien body. He finds himself in a society that has similar values to America, except for one. They have been fighting a mysterious enemy on the other side of the planet for many centuries. So much time has passed that the two sides no longer understand why the war started. They hate the enemy but no longer know why. Ariel joins the air force, like he did on Earth. He is a formidable fighter pilot. On a sortee over a jungle filled with terrifying monsters, Ariel and his wing mate are shot down. They must face the horrific monsters in a place where no one has ever survived. Read the book to find out what happens to Ariel.