{"id":881,"date":"2023-10-18T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/?page_id=881"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:37:32","slug":"spirit-of-the-wood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/?page_id=881","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of the Wood"},"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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Spirit-Of-The-Wood-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"Spirit of the Wood\" class=\"wp-image-823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Spirit-Of-The-Wood-cover.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Spirit-Of-The-Wood-cover-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Spirit of the Wood<\/em><\/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-b7df66dbb92c4e4f77dc6138de962f20 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Spirit of the Wood<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1db6679ec910fb719122af67abde642 wp-block-paragraph\">DAW Books, New York, New York<br>November 7,2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f526aaa5632f577b42dcda508f7524ee wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-0-7564-1871-7 (HC)<br>ISBN 978-0-7564-1872-4 (ebook)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c63ad28e9bef97bfba0705f5c7cb4d91 wp-block-paragraph\">Cover art: <br>Donato<br>Interior illustrations: <br>Kristen Britain<\/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 has-link-color wp-elements-a69ca3007a196ad27258f96784934e3e 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\/Spirit-Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain\/dp\/0756418712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/spirit-of-the-wood\/id6445659994\">Apple Books<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Spirit-of-the-Wood-Audiobook\/B0CPB42FC7?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;overrideBaseCountry=true&amp;ipRedirectOverride=true&amp;ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;plink=tA5Ku0IVKD3nUAII&amp;pageLoadId=zXxfye1c9oqmQwAc&amp;creativeId=292d6343-f11b-4bbe-a8a5-d4b7272abf61\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Spirit-of-the-Wood-Audiobook\/B0CPB42FC7?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&amp;share_location=pdp&amp;overrideBaseCountry=true&amp;ipRedirectOverride=true&amp;ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;plink=tA5Ku0IVKD3nUAII&amp;pageLoadId=zXxfye1c9oqmQwAc&amp;creativeId=292d6343-f11b-4bbe-a8a5-d4b7272abf61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audible<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/spirit-of-the-wood-kristen-britain\/19735553?ean=9780756418717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/spirit-of-the-wood-kristen-britain\/19735553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bookshop.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/spirit-of-the-wood-kristen-britain\/19735553?ean=9780756419165&amp;next=t&amp;source=IndieBound&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiebound.org%2Fsearch%2Fbook%3Fkeys%3DKristen%2BBritain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndieBound<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shermans.com\/book\/9780756419165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sherman&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2d7058f15fa7794c6213c11aa8fb13ee wp-block-paragraph\">In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Green Rider Series, a short novel that explores the backstory of Laren Mapstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a29213ef05ce269cb074a2dd03e20c0c wp-block-paragraph\">After years of leading the battle against the vicious Darrow Raiders, Rider-Lieutenant Laren Mapstone has built a fortress around herself to conceal her emotions and the deep scars she carries. When she is made mentor to Tavin Bankside, a Green Rider trainee on his first long distance message errand, her cold and brooding exterior quickly earns her the moniker the \u201cIce Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1fb9ae4164f738f217b50610bb5c26ff wp-block-paragraph\">Only after Laren is severely wounded in an attack onthe North Road by a gang of bandits\u2014including some former Darrow Raiders with vengeance on their minds\u2014do the fortress walls fall. Even as they seek refuge from danger in a Rider waystation, Tavin\u2019s natural empathic gift leaves him vulnerable to the assault of the lieutenant\u2019s emotions. Tavin must save Lieutenant Mapstone\u2019s life and master his empathic gift before it destroys them both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-680073cdc6a487453c327d6695f969b4 wp-block-paragraph\">However, an ancient power lurks deep within the Green Cloak, and his aid or hindrance could mean survival for the Riders or the downfall of Sacoridia and all the free lands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirit of the Wood DAW Books, New York, New YorkNovember 7,2023 ISBN 978-0-7564-1871-7 (HC)ISBN 978-0-7564-1872-4 (ebook) Cover art: DonatoInterior illustrations: Kristen Britain Where to Purchase In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Green Rider Series, a short novel that explores the backstory of Laren Mapstone. After years of leading the battle against the vicious&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/?page_id=881\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/881","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/881\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kristenbritain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}