Gryphon Rider Academy 1

Second Chance (a Young Adult Fantasy)

By: Elise Hennessy

Narrated by: Rebekah Nemethy

There’s never been a female gryphon rider. Until me.

I just wanted to ease the suffering of Arimus, a gryphon blinded in combat. He’d lost his first rider, and his will to live. But when he forges a new psychic link with me to be his replacement rider, it brands me as “an affront to the gods” for daring to ride an avatar of the god of man.

We’re also at war, and need every able-bodied fighter we can find, so I’m sent to the highly competitive Gryphon Rider Academy to train with the nation’s finest young men. Some love seeing a girl in uniform, but most hate me for standing out. Few of the boys here want to see me succeed.

The king makes it very clear. If I fail this year at the Academy, he will mercilessly order Arimus’s execution, rather than suffer a female gryphon rider any longer.

I have to be the best to even have a chance here. They want courage, loyalty, discipline, and integrity? I’ll give them all that and more, for Arimus’s sake.

Dragon Riders of Pern meets Song of the Lioness in this YA fantasy series in which a pair of underdogs rewrite what’s possible in a formerly all-boys military academy. If you like determined heroines, iron-clad friendships, and majestic creatures, then you’ll love Gryphon Rider Academy!

©2022 Elise Hennessy (P)2024 Elise Hennessy

Fabulous!

Beautifully told story and very well read! The characters are really engaging. The story is fantastic and well paced, I can't wait to read the next one!

Great Story!

A different take on overcoming the odds, mistakes made, lessons learned rather than flying through challenges with ease. Looking forward to Book 2!

Excellent, important, and fun!

I loved the story and the characters. Must read! I can’t wait for the next one!

Great story to get lost in

Love this series it is a great story to get lost in to no matter what you are doing.

An unexpected delight

I chose this book because it was free and in the genre I enjoy. Not my surprise. It turned out to be a great story. Read by a talented narrator. I’m glad I gave it a chance. I’ll definitely be listening to the others.

Fantastic story and narrator

I bought this book on a whim and am so happy I did!! excellent storyline great characters, and I was never too sure. What was going to happen next! I highly recommend this book!

First female griffin rider.

Very good start of a series. Can't wait for the second book and he rest of the series.

Love this series!

Young adult fantasy has always been my favorite genre, and it has been a VERY LONG time since I have been this excited about a new series. I bought the first few books back to back on Kindle and had to wait impatiently for the fourth to be completed. It didn't disappoint. Each book brings back characters I have come to love, presents them with new challenges, and expands on the world the author has created.

The narrator does a great job of not only bringing the heroine to life but also giving a distinct voice to each of the supporting characters. I was excited to experience the audiobooks even though I had already read all the books. It is well worth a reread and the narration elevated the story. If you enjoy this genre at all (the only bad review I saw was from someone who showed contempt for anything written for a young adult audience) I can't imagine you not enjoying this series.

So much better than expected!

Really good story! well written and kept myself (33f) and my 9 year old daughter glued to it!

I like the way things are set up, but the magic system doesn’t seem well. Bought out yet.

I like the fact that magic and Griffin are separate, but I feel like they’re magical creature so they should get some kind of magic bonus to there riders