Publisher's Synopsis
Will is a Yorkshire lad, through and through. He's in his element when he's outside in the country air, not stuck in a classroom wasting his youth and the beauty of the Dales. When he starts as an apprentice farrier, his first few days are a baptism of fire - his fellow apprentice is a wind-up merchant and his gruff boss, Stanley, ribs him mercilessly about his tea-drinking habit. But in this chaotic environment, the three of them form a brotherhood, and soon Will realises that the coming year is going to teach him a lot more than how to shoe a horse properly...