The Ranger`s Apprentice SeriesRanger's Apprentice series consists of 12 books. These are exciting adventure books about an orphan named Will.
The series begins in Castle Redmont, where Will and other orphans live. At the age of 15 they will be chosen to become and Apprentice to one of the masters of the various trades and occupations in and around the castle. Will wants to become a knight, as his father who he has never known was. However no one chooses Will. This means that he must become a farmer. Will is devastated, so when he sees a ranger give a note to the baron who then looks at him, he doesnt think much of it. However later when he thinks of it again, he is curious and desides to take a look at the note. The only problem is that the note is inside the private part of the castle. Will can only get there by climbing up the walls of the castle. When he finally reads the note, it says he was chosen after all, to become a rangers... He experiences many exciting adventures in different countries The Ranger`s Apprentice Series 1-12 |
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Book 1 : The Ruines of Gorlan
Book 1 is where it all begins. Will is chosen to become a Ranger. In this book a lot of things happen. At the beginning of the book Will is bullied by Horace, who later is chosen to become a knight. Horace experiences how it feels to be bullied later on in the book. And even later when Will saves horaces life and the other way around, they become best friends. His mentor, Halt, who at first seems very mean, will turn out to be like a dad for Will. When after a year of training there is serious trouble, maybe the start of a war. Will goes hunting with Halt for the most dangerous creature of Araluen: the Kalkara. This is the beginning of the invassion from Morgarath against Araluen ...
Book 2 : The Burning Bridge
The second book of the Ranger`s apprentice seriesmay turn out to be even more exciting then the first.
This book is about the fight between Morgatath and Araluen. Will finds out that Morgarath is building a bridge. With this bridge the Wargals ( dangerous creutures from Morgarath) can enter the country, Araluen, to conquer the country. Risking their own lives Will, and his friend Evelyn, try to destroy the bridge. He is kidnapped by the Skandians (warriors of Skandia how always travel by boat). But meanwhile Horance is doing a lot as well. He is going to fight a duel against Morgarath with very slim chances to survive...
Book 3: The Icebound Land
Will and Evenlyn have been kidnapped by the Skandians. They are transported by boat to Skandia to be sold as a slave there. During the trip Evenlyn turns out to be the princess of Araluen : Cassandra . She assumes that her father (the king of Araluen ) will pay ransom. However, then they find out that the Oberjarl (king of Skandia) has sworn to murder all the members of the royal family of Araluen . So its very dangerous for Cassandra( Evenlyn) to be in Skandia and she has to keep her identity hidden at all costs. For Will , there is another danger: he is sold as a slave to work outside .There he becomes addicted to a dangerous drug:'' warmweed ''. Evenlyn discovers that Will is addicted and in a critical condition. So she decides she has to escape with Will. She gets unexpected help from the Skandian who kidnapped them, and manages to escape. However the danger has not passed, Wills condition is not improving...
In another country, Halt and Horace start their journey to Skandia to free Will and Evenlyn, they encounter many dangers on their way...
Book 4 : The Battle for Skandia/ The Oakleaf Bearers
Horace and Halt, saved Will and Evanlyn from the scouts of the Temujai . The Temujai is a very dangerous tribe. They are clever and agile warriors who are skilled in archery , sword fighting and horse riding. Will and his friends find out that there is a whole army Temujai Warriors in Skandia to conquer Skandia .They decide to protect the country, to prevent the Temujai warriors from invading Araluen . Halt knows the clever tactics of the Temujai and creates a plan to stop them. Will has to train a lot to regain his strength. And of course , there is always the risk that Evenlyn will be discovered as Princess Cassandra.
Book 5: The Sorcerer in the North
In Book 5 Will goes with his friend, Alyss on a mission. He has to go to the North, to a remote castle named Macindaw. There are rumors that there is a magician with dark powers there. Will goes anonymously, as musician. He hopes the farmers will trust him and tell him more about the Magician. when he arives in the castle, the future warlord doesn`t seem so nice. His nefew Sir Keren is very nice and attentive. Suddenly Lord Syron, master of the castle, dies. Alyss is discoverd as spy and they imprisson her. The future lord is suddenly very sick aswell. The only person who can help is the Sorcerer...
Book 6 : The Siege of Macindaw
In this book Alyss is held hostage in Castle Macindaw . It seems impossible but Will is determined to save her . He also wants to help the real lord regain the castle. An attempt to rescue Alyss failed and Will could barely escape. The only way they can save her is by conquering the whole castle . But how can he do it on his own ? Then Horace comes and Will gets unexpected help from the crew of a wolfship (boats from Skandia ) . Will regains courage and creates a plan to recapture Macindaw . This must be done quickly . Because the false lord has signed an agreement with a neighboring nation , the Scotti . They will cross the border soon to conquer Araluen . When Will finally goes back on his way home , he receives a letter from Alyss .She writes she loves him...
Book 7 : Erak's Ransom
This book actually comes before book 5. Its about the time Will was an apprentice of Halt.
Halt en Pauline are going to marry. They give a big party. During the party an unexpected guest arrives, Svengal, a Skandinavian pirate . He tells that Erik is imprisoned by the Arridi. In book 3 Erak has helped will to escape. So Will owes Erak. Therefor Will go`s with a few friends to Arridi to buy Erak free. however Erak appears to be transported to an other city. He is being transported to a prison in the middle of the coutry. To come there he needs to pass a desert. Will and his friends go after him. The desert appears to be a very dangerous place, because of the heat and the sandstorms. Wills horse, Tug, runs away. Will try`s to find his horse while the others discover that Erak has been taken by another tribe. They follow them but then they are captured aswell. Now Will has to free his friends ánd find his horse. Can he do that?
Book 8 : The Kings of Clonmel
In this book Halt is not present at the yearly rangers meeting. Will is very anxious. Halt appears to be in the west to inspect some rumors. He discovered a dangerous religious sect who makes the neighboring country, Hibernia, unsafe. The Sect tries to inviltrate Araluen aswell. Croweley asks Will, Halt, and a few friends to make everything safe again. Therefor they need to travel all the way to Clonmel. Thats the only fief in Hibernia which isn`t inviltraded by the Sect. The king of Clonmel has made a contract with the sect. Will and his friens have to be very clever to come up with ideas, Halt pretends to be the king so they can kidnap the real king... In Clonmel they unexpectivly learn more about the history of Halt...
Book 9: Halt's Peril
In this book Halt goes after the religious sect, together with Will and Horace . They have to be very carefull, because Tennyson, the boss of the sect, has hired assassins to kill them. Behind every corner there could be an ambush. At a certain moment they discover they have indeed walked into an ambush. They decide to attack the assassins in their own ambush. That doesn`t work out so well. They do kill one of the two assissans ( The third has already been killed by Will in the last part). Halt gets a gracing shot which doesn`t appear to be so bad. But thats a mistake. Halt loses concious because the arrow was poisoned. The poisoned arrow could mean Halts dead. Will travels a few days to get a good doctor.
The doctor says that Halts state could be caused by two different kinds of poison. For each of them there is one medicine. But if you take the wrong one you will die...
Book 10: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
In this book Horace goes on a trainings mission to Nihon-Ja to learn the fighting technices of the people there. Everthing goes perfect until Horace has to return to Araluen, because then they`re attacked by the rebels who want the emperor. Horace wants to protect the Emperor who also became his friend, so he nearly crosses the whole country to bringt the emperor to a safe location: a Legendary castle. The journey is very dangerous because the landscape is very rough and they have to hurry to stay in front of the rebels.
Cassandra is very worried about Horace, who should already have been back, so she travels with Will, Halt and Alyss to Nihon-Ja. By coincidence they`re immediately brought to the fortress where Horace is as well. They try to help Horace defend the emporer. The two girls ( Cassandra and Alyss) go looking for the big "Half-people". and have to cross a very big lake to get there. When they get there they have to fight a sabletoothtiger to earn the trust of the people there. On their journey they get to know each other better and become friends. In the mean time the battle already started at the Fortress. They would have lost immedialy had Will not thought too the people there a new way to fight. When the girls arrived with an army full of half people, the enemy surrendered and the Emperor was safe!
Book 11: The lost Stories
In this book John Flanagan wrote answers to the questions the fans asked, so if you have questions about things in the books you should read it and get some answers.
In this book you`ll get some information about Wills past and origin. You will also get to know what happens to old horses of the rangers apprentice.
And of course the grand finale: Will marries Alyss!
Book 12: The Royal Ranger
In the beginning of this book everthing is very sad because Will just lost his wife, Alyss. Alyss meant everything to him, therefor Will is very angry and wants revenge. He even put asise his duties to the Rangers, to get revenge. His friends are worried and want to help him, so they have a confrence about him and decide he needs to be distracted. They give him a apprentice. There also is another problem, Horace and Cassandra hace een child. That child is very rebellious and spoiled.She has to learn to be less spoiled, so they decide she will be the first female apprentice. At first she doesnt really care, she thinks it will be a nice holiday to her uncle. However when Will shows her all her rights as a princess have been taken away for a certain period. She gets a wake up call and decides to be a better apprentice. She learns very quick and is a very good apprentice so Gillan, the head of the corps, gives them a task. They try to safe 10 children lifes and on their journey Will finds himself healing from his pain.
