{"id":83,"date":"2018-02-22T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.wordpress.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:02:36","slug":"blackveil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/?page_id=83","title":{"rendered":"Blackveil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blackveil\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-1015x1536.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil-1200x1815.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blackveil.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blackveil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-963e0b19ad1df69d70e762c509f6b78d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Blackveil<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-0-7564-0660-8<br>(hardcover, <br>February 2011) <br>DAW Books, Inc., New York<br>Cover art \u00a9 2010 Donato<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where to Purchase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=kristen+britain&amp;sprefix=kristen+britain&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/audiobook\/blackveil-book-four-of-green-rider-unabridged\/id1418334877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Books<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Blackveil-Audiobook\/B0079LA78I?qid=1754942509&amp;sr=1-6&amp;ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=H619TKQWYS4XBP0XZFEC&amp;plink=DCvk68TvhwzNSPgB&amp;pageLoadId=XW8EznxJsByRPjOs&amp;creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audible<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Kristen%20Britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/blackveil-kristen-britain\/6566704\">Bookshop.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/search\/book?keys=Kristen+Britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndieBound<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shermans.com\/book\/9780756407087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sherman&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Over a millennium ago, Mornhavon the Black, heir to the Arcosian Empire, crossed the great sea hoping to replenish his depleted country by conquering the rich lands of Sacoridia.&nbsp;But Mornhavon underestimated the defenders of this far away land, and after years of siege, Mornhavon and his armies were vanquished\u2014but not before their general had descended into madness and resorted to desperate, dark magics that rendered his twisted spirit immortal. Finally, Mornhavon had been captured and imprisoned in Blackveil Forest, and Blackveil\u2019s perimeter had been enclosed and protected by the magical D\u2019Yer Wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">For the thousand years since the end of that Long War, Blackveil Forest has been a dangerous place\u2014corrupted by the spirit of this eternally malicious entity, its flora and fauna twisted in monstrous ways. But in the many centuries since the war\u2019s end, knowledge of the working of magic has slowly disappeared from Sacoridia, due to the fear and prejudice of a people traumatized by the memory of the terrifying sorceries of Mornhavon\u2019s invading army.&nbsp;Even the protective magic that created and maintained the D\u2019Yer Wall has been lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">But this once-impermeable barrier has now been breached, allowing Blackveil\u2019s malignant influence to begin to seep into the lands beyond the wall, threatening all of Sacoridia once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Karigan G\u2019ladheon is a Green Rider\u2014a seasoned member of the elite messenger corps of King Zachary of Sacoridia.&nbsp;Though Karigan was recruited to the Riders seemingly by chance, she has achieved more than any Rider since the corps was founded during the Long War, and has even been made a Knight of the Realm\u2014the first to be so honored in over two hundred years. Karigan wears the magical brooch of the First Rider, an artifact that enables her to \u201cfade,\u201d sometimes to the point of traversing the barriers of time and space. Because of this extraordinary ability, she was able to enter Blackveil and transport the spirit of Mornhavon into the future, buying precious time for her country. Time for the Riders to scour the land searching for lost magical documents, and for members of Clan D\u2019Yer to study the wall, hoping to uncover the secrets of their ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">But Sacoridians are not the only people interested in the fate of Blackveil.&nbsp;For eons before the Long War, the peninsula where the tainted forest now stands belonged to the Eletians, an immortal race. With Mornhavon temporarily absent, they plan to send a delegation of half a dozen into the forest to see what has become of their long-lost city, Argenthyne.&nbsp;But King Zachary senses the secretive Eletians are not being completely honest with him, and insists that an equal number of Sacoridians accompany them. Karigan, because of her previous experience in Blackveil, is an obvious choice for this perilous expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Though Mornhavon is gone, the forest is still a treacherous and unnatural place filled with monstrous creatures and deadly traps. Plus, no one knows how far in the future Mornhavon has been sent\u2014a hundred years? Ten years? A few years? Maybe even less? And unbeknownst to the contingent of Eletians and Sacoridians, another small group has entered the forest\u2014a contingent of Arcosian descendents who have kept Mornhavon\u2019s dark magic alive in secret for centuries, and who now plan to avenge their long ago defeat by bringing Sacoridia to its knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The vision in the mirror changed, darkened. It was like peering into the blackness of night, her reflection gone. Then slowly, her eyes adjusted as if she really were in the thick of night, and she began to perceive subtle changes \u2013 shapes and shading.<br>The texture of bark stained by rot. A burl protruding from a tree like a fist and her vision narrowed on it. The burl resembled a face, a face seeping red ocher. What was this? Where was it?<br>The scene expanded revealing an entire grove of like trees, some with burls knotting their girths, some not, all afflicted with rot, gloom held captive beneath immense, spreading limbs, a mist ghosting among the trunks.<br>It could only be Blackveil, haunting her before she even set foot within its treacherous bounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackveil ISBN 978-0-7564-0660-8(hardcover, February 2011) DAW Books, Inc., New YorkCover art \u00a9 2010 Donato Where to Purchase Over a millennium ago, Mornhavon the Black, heir to the Arcosian Empire, crossed the great sea hoping to replenish his depleted country by conquering the rich lands of Sacoridia.&nbsp;But Mornhavon underestimated the defenders of this far away land,&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/?page_id=83\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}