GREEN RIDER
- 512 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
Karigan flees college after an altercation with an aristocrat's son. She encounters a dying King's messenger, takes on his mission, and becomes entangled in a dangerous mix of deceit and sorcery.
Tato epická fantasy série sleduje mladou ženu, jejíž život se navždy změní, když se stane neochotnou poslankyní legendárních jezdců. Ponořte se do světa plného nebezpečné magie, prastarých tajemství a nelítostných pronásledovatelů, kde je odvaha a odhodlání klíčem k přežití. Hrdinka musí čelit temným silám a pochopit své vlastní probouzející se schopnosti, zatímco se snaží doručit zásadní zprávu a odvrátit blížící se katastrofu. Je to příběh o statečnosti, osudu a síle závazku tváří v tvář zdánlivě nepřekonatelným překážkám.
Karigan flees college after an altercation with an aristocrat's son. She encounters a dying King's messenger, takes on his mission, and becomes entangled in a dangerous mix of deceit and sorcery.
První kniha série Zelený jezdec. Karigan G'ladheon, dcera kupce, je vyloučena z renomované školy, protože se postavila tyranidě ze strany rozjíveného aristokratického synka. Na své cestě hlubokým lesem pak narazí na umírajícího muže s koněm, který jí svěří nebezpečné poslání. Jedná se totiž o Zeleného jezdce, jednoho z elitních královských poslů. Zpráva, kterou Karigan z posledních sil předá, však skrývá strašlivé tajemství a vystaví dívku smrtelně nebezpečným nepřátelům z našeho světa, monstrům a temnému mágovi, který si zotročuje duše mrtvých. Stíhána nebezpečím ze všech stran bude muset mladá nepravděpodobná hrdinka dokázat, že si Zelený jezdec svého dědice vybral správně. Pokud selže, padne celý svět do temnoty... Kristen Britain napsala skvělou epickou fantasy, v níž balancuje celý svět na ostří zkázy a na každé stránce čeká dech beroucí dobrodružství!
A captivating story, an ancient evil, and a mission that will lead Karigan through time itself ...
Karigan G'ladheon returns to the Green Riders, the magical messengers of the king, who desperately need her help in defeating an ancient evil, long dormant, that has just reawakened, determined to destroy the world.
Once a simple student, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic, compelled by forces she cannot understand when she becomes a legendary Green Rider-one of the magical messengers of the king. Forced by magic to accept a dangerous fate she would never have chosen, headstrong Karigan has become completely devoted to the king and her fellow Riders. But now, an insurrection led by dark magicians threatens to break the boundaries of ancient, evil Blackveil Forest-releasing powerful dark magics that have been shut away for a millennium.
Following her confrontation with Mornhavon, Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon lands in a sealed stone sarcophagus from which she must escape. And should she succeed, will she be walking straight into a trap created by Mornhavon himself?
Zachary Davriel Hillander, High King of Sacoridia, rues how much he has had to give up to lead his realm, including the freedom to live and love as he chooses. When an embassy from Eletia arrives to propose a joint venture between their realms to seek out an old ally in the north, he is dismayed to learn that the one Sacoridian they have in mind to accompany their guide is the woman he truly loves but cannot have: Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon. Karigan has only just returned from a dark future where Sacoridia has been conquered and is ruled by a despotic emperor, and she has not recovered in heart or mind. As if that is not enough, the castle ghosts won't leave her alone. Though Zachary is loath to part from her so soon after her return, he knows she is the best choice to undertake the mission to the north. Each step on their journey places Karigan and her companions closer to enemy territory and danger, for northward lie the forces of Second Empire, Sacoridia's longtime foe, and Grandmother, the necromantic leader of Second Empire, has not been idle. She uses her magic to summon a wild elemental spirit to wreak havoc upon Zachary and his wife, Queen Estora. At first the Sacoridians succeed in fending off the creature, but it so covets Estora that it can't stay away. It abducts Zachary, assuming his form and his place at Estora's side--but when it is finally ousted, Zachary is still missing. Estora, alone and heavy with twins, must prepare her realm for the coming conflict from the confines of her bedchamber. Meanwhile, the danger only deepens for Karigan and her companions as they journey north. When she finds herself caught in the midst of a clash between forces, Karigan must rescue and protect her king before she falls into a trap set by Grandmother--a trap that could give Second Empire the power to control the dead and all the demons of the hells
"Britain presents a novella and two short stories set in the universe of her bestselling Green Rider series in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of her first novel, Green Rider"--Dust jacket flap.