Winterlight

core novel 2021 Green Rider

Record

First published	2021
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.50 (4,391 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count	848
First-edition ISBN	9781473226494

Synopsis

Winterlight is the seventh novel in the Green Rider series, picking up after Karigan G'ladheon's capture and torture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire. Still recovering and haunted by the ordeal, Karigan continues to take on dangerous assignments as a messenger of the Green Rider corps. The Second Empire mobilizes to strike at Sacoridia, targeting a vulnerable mountain garrison and pass, so King Zachary, himself still healing and adjusting to new fatherhood, sends soldiers and Riders to hold the line. When Karigan rejoins her fellow Riders at the garrison she is expected to take on a leadership role, but she finds the group has changed in her absence. As the threat of open war grows, she must reckon with what being a Rider and a hero actually demands of her while still carrying the psychological wounds of her captivity and past losses.

Where it sits

• Universe: Green Rider
• Series: Green Rider core; position 7 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 7 of 8: previous Firebrand (2017) · next Falling in a Sea of Stars (2025)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Rider
• https://kristenbritain.com/
• https://kristenbritain.com/?page_id=753

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