Fallen for France

In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a boy leaves home to work as a shepherd in a distant village. His mother presses a strand of amber beads into his hands, promising they will help him return home. On the same day, a radiant Arabian mare is born in the Sultan's palace. For a brief, golden time, the mare belongs to the boy. But when the horse is stolen by his mentor and taken to the Great War in France, the boy begins a desperate search to find her. Boy and horse cross countries and continents, beads change hands, entwining new lives as they go. Buffeted by powerful historical forces beyond their control, each tries to hold onto their last defense — the power to care for others. Each time the mare passes through a life, she awakens new hope — and threads them, like beads on a cord, ever closer.

From Elizabeth Letts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fallen for France is a novel about what history forgets — and what, against all odds, endures.

August 2026