In Kalgan, where farmland meets the Mongolian steppe, ten-year-old Amu sets out to save his beloved horse, Aban, from the gelding his father insists must be done.
In Kalgan, on the borderlands of farming and herding in northern China, ten-year-old Amu spends every spare moment with his horse, Aban, while his father runs a busy restaurant nearby. But his father and the grown-ups around him agree that the young stallion must be gelded before he grows too wild to handle. Determined to protect his friend, Amu pleads for another way, and finds himself confronting a violence and cruelty beyond his understanding.
