num_pages: 504
description: Young heroine Karigan hardly has time to regret being expelled from school (for dueling) before finding herself committed to the desperate errand of a murdered Green Rider. The Riders are an elite messenger corps using both horses and magic; the message is a terrible warning. Bad things from bad places are invading this fantasyland, their presence being only part of a devious, sorcery-aided human struggle for the throne. Karigan's wild ride is beset by a variety of enemies, but aided by her own developing talents plus certain strange allies. These include the tormented ghost of the dead Green Rider himself--still pierced by and trying to resist the chief villain's black arrows that ensnare the soul. Delivering the message to a suspicious court is only half Karigan's job: can it be interpreted in time?
language: English
title: Green Rider
titlecomplete: Green Rider (Green Rider Trilogy Book 1)
characters: Karigan G'ladheon, Shawdell (Green Rider), Captain Laren Mapstone, King Zachary
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Young Adult, Epic Fantasy, Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 37280
series: Green Rider
publisher: DAW Hardcover