
Not only will Serakela’s quest lead her to her long-lost family, rumour has it that she who wields the Stone will restore the islands of Riverda to their former glory. A way to save them has just arisen from the realm of rumour but Brother Okrafkus of the Separamus cannot allow this to happen. As time runs out and tensions rise, countries teeter on the brink of war, starvation and extinction. The earth magics that protected and sustained them before the Rivening are unbalanced dwindling in some areas whilst stifling others. The sundered islands of Riverda are dying. On the night a crazed assassin tries to kill her, her heritage is revealed catapulting her into an island-hopping fight for survival, and the search for the fabled Stone of Riverda. But Serakela is not the orphan she always believed herself to be.


Spanning different countries and cultures it will take you on a journey of love and loss, the search for identity and a thrilling fight for survival.Īs Gesland swelters in extreme heat, Serakela watches the nomadic clans make their way across the plains on their annual pilgrimage and resigns herself to the monotonous life of servitude at the institution which raised her.

Waking Ursa Minor is the first book in the debut epic fantasy series, Riverda Rising by Helen Rygh-Pedersen.
