Riders / druk 1
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Average rating4.3
Riders. A new fantasy adventure from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Veronica Rossi. For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does. Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can't remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse. Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen--Conquest, Famine, and Death--are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence. They fail. Now--bound, bloodied, and drugged--Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he's fallen for--not to mention all of humankind--he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger. But will anyone believe him? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Series
2 primary booksRiders is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Veronica Rossi.
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Amazing premise, amazing lovable characters, great writing, but wholly rushed ending and completely unsatisfying conclusion. I know Seeker comes out soon, but I do not think it is a continuation of this nor will it help the rushed aspect of this book.
This could very easily have been a rather silly story, but instead it was one of those “I just can't put it down, the pages are magnets to my eyeballs” sort of books. The basic idea is that the main character, Gideon, is strapped to a chair being interrogated. We soon learn three things, he has a strange red bracelet, he was involved in an explosion in Norway, and that he believes himself to be the incarnation of war. Not as in “spoiling for a fight”. As in the actual guy with the horse, sword and red armour. Oh and unless he's let out soon to finish what he was doing, something very bad is about to happen. The story is told through Gideon's account to his interrogator and half the fun is figuring out how we got from Gideon the trainee soldier to Gideon strapped to a chair after apparently burning half a Norwegian nature reserve. The writing style just sucked me right in.
This is an author I will be watching.
This is a fun read. It caught my attention right away and I was easily drawn it and found it hard to put it down. The dialog is a little sappy, and some of the social interactions are a little awkward. Fun story line and plot.
