With your help I started to revise my query last night...You've been so helpful I need to thank you right here- THANK YOU- but here follows my latest revision.

Young Tom struggled to understand the cruelty of men. As a boy suffering under the buffalo hunter’s lash he learned just how evil a man could be. The love he feels for Soft Cloud introduces him to the good that can be found in people, but when he is ordered to kill Tall Dog, her father, by Red Cloud, her grandfather, Tom discovers just how cruel he can become himself. Leaning on the steady shoulder of a new friend, an Army scout who rode Pony Express with Bill Cody, Tom begins to learn that there is a place and time to be hard, but trust between friends can solve any problem.
TOM NAMED BY HORSE is an historical fiction suitable for any reader over 16. I wanted to tell a story about a young man’s quest to understand good and evil, and how one cannot exist without the other. My love of history and passion for horses helped me shape the 97,000 word story line. I have competed in thousands of miles of long distance endurance riding, and trained horses for years.
I would be honored if you would represent my work.
Thank You
Dutch Henry