As he dies, he whispers with his last breath 'Beware the shadow man.' She takes the gold winged horse brooch from his chest, a symbol of his office as a Rider. The Green Rider, F'ryan Coblebay, has Karigan swear to ride to Sacor City for the 'love of her country', and to deliver a message into the hands of the King himself. She travels into the forest called the Green Cloak, where she meets a Green Rider (a group of legendary and elite messengers in the King's service) who is dying with two black arrows protruding from his back. Running away from the shame of her indefinite suspension, she intends to go home to speak with her father before the dean's letter reaches him. His family throws a fit and has Karigan kicked out of school. Karigan G'ladheon, a merchant's daughter, is cast out of her school in Selium by Dean Geyer following a duel which resulted in her besting a wealthy aristocrat, Timas Mirwell. Its purpose is to enclose Kanmorhan Vane, or Blackveil forest, and Mornhavon the Black. The Wall has stood for a thousand years without sign of wear, and would have stood for thousands more years. The book opens by introducing the Gray One, a mysterious character who creates a minute crack in the D'Yer Wall. It was first published in 1998.įor a chapter-by-chapter summary, see the Green Rider Chapter Summaries category. The book Green Rider is the first book in the Green Rider series.

Green rider series