Karigan G'ladheon, now an experienced member of the Green Riders, the magical messenger corps of the King of Sacoridia, has succeeded in transporting the evil spirit of Mornhaven into the future, buying time for the protective D'Yer Wall to be repaired, but with everyone concentrating on keeping tainted magic from the Blackveil Forest out of Sacoridia, they failed to notice a threat much closer to home.

Following her confrontation with Mornhavon, Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon lands in a sealed stone sarcophagus from which she must escape. And should she succeed, will she be walking straight into a trap created by Mornhavon himself?

Karigan G'ladheon, traveling through the Green Cloak forest toward home after being suspended from school for thrashing the heir of the lord-governor of the Mirwell province, is waylaid by an injured young rider who charges her with delivering a life-or-death message to the king.

Weird and evil events at a London boarding school provide messenger Barnaby Grimes an opportunity to test his budding knowledge of the ancient Chinese art of yinchido, in which one focuses on silences and empty spaces.

"Britain presents a novella and two short stories set in the universe of her bestselling Green Rider series in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of her first novel, Green Rider"--Dust jacket flap.