Across the Dark Water

Written by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Part of the Riders of the Realm series

A stable groom faces dragons and giants as wild pegasi disrupt his world.

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464 pages· ~760L

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Twelve-year-old Rahkki, a stable groom for the Sandwen army, faces a world of spit dragons and warring giants. When wild pegasi soar over their village, the Sandwens' belief in their control shatters. Meanwhile, Echofrost and Hazelwind lead their herd across a perilous ocean, unaware of the looming Sandwen threat. As tensions rise, trust becomes the only path to survival. Can Rahkki and the Storm Herd unite before it's too late?

From the publisher

The first book in an exciting, action-packed trilogy–from the imagination of Guardian Herd series author Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Perfect for fans of Lisa McMann’s Going Wild, Brandon Mull’s Wild Born, or Erin Hunter’s Warriors series.Twelve-year-old Rahkki is a stable groom for the Riders in the Sandwen army, who must battle deadly spit dragons and hordes of warring giants. The Sandwens believe they have tamed all the wild pegasi in the lush jungles of the Realm and turned them into flying warhorses. But when a herd of wild steeds flies over their village, Rahkki and his clanmates are stunned.Meanwhile, a small herd of pegasi have journeyed across a treacherous ocean to settle in a new, and free, land. Led by Echofrost and Hazelwind, the Storm Herd steeds are unaware of the Sandwen clan. But when the unthinkable happens, Echofrost and the rest of Storm Herd will have to come to trust the Sandwens, or both may not survive.

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