Firebrand

core novel 2017 Green Rider

Record

First published	2017
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.31 (6,830 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count	784
First-edition ISBN	9780756414078

Synopsis

Firebrand follows Karigan G'ladheon's return from her journey into the future, bearing a fragment of magical mirror embedded in her eye that grants her flickering visions of futures yet to come. Honored as a swordmaster for her past service, she finds King Zachary weighed down by the burdens of rule and by feelings for her that remain unresolved. When the castle is attacked by an ancient ice elemental known as the Aureas Slee, and Eletian visitors bring word of a prophecy concerning a fourth allied race, Karigan is sent north on a diplomatic mission to find the legendary p'ehdrosian people and renew an old alliance. Her journey grows more perilous as the Aureas Slee secretly abducts King Zachary and takes his place at court, leaving the kingdom exposed even as Karigan presses on toward the far north unaware of what has happened behind her.

Where it sits

• Universe: Green Rider
• Series: Green Rider core; position 6 of 8 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Kristen Britain

Notes

• From the series record (Green Rider): The main numbered sequence; the author has stated there is no fixed final book count. A ninth novel is scheduled for 2027 and is not yet published, so not registered.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within the series Green Rider: position 6 of 8: previous Mirror Sight (2014) · next Winterlight (2021)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Rider
• https://kristenbritain.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebrand_(Green_Rider_series)

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