**Now in paperback--messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan
G'ladheon fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming
war in this seventh novel of the New York Times bestselling Green
Rider series
**
After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire,
Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery. Karigan
takes on increasingly dangerous missions, haunted by the specter of her
torturer, Nyssa, and sinking ever further into the mire of her
recollections of the past and the losses she's sustained.
Meanwhile, the forces of the Second Empire are moving on Sacoridia and
their primary target is a vulnerable garrison that guards a crucial
mountain pass. Faced with new fatherhood and a country on the verge of
war, King Zachary sends a contingent of soldiers and Green Riders to the
pass--but his own recovery from the events of the north is not yet
complete either.
Reunited with her fellow Riders at the pass, Karigan takes on a
leadership role, but quickly finds that the Riders are not as she last
left them. As tension mounts and war draws ever closer to the heart of
Sacoridia, Karigan must discover what it truly means to be a Rider and a
hero of the realm--and what sacrifices must be made to truly heal from
her past.
