Waking Ursa Minor - Paperbackby Helen Rygh Pedersen (Author) Waking Ursa Minor is the first book in the debut epic fantasy series, Riverda Rising by Helen Rygh Pedersen. Spanning different countries and cultures readers are taken on a journey of love and loss, the search for identity and a thrilling fight for survival. As 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