the ruins of gorlan ranger's apprentice book 1

As Will learns archery and stealth techniques, he makes peace with Horace (who is being tormented by older classmates at Battleschool), and the two must then travel with a contingent of Rangers and warriors to fight invading, 'almost invincible' Kalkara-bearlike assassins sent by Morgarath to kill Halt.

But because of Will's diminutive stature, and a knack for climbing, hiding and all things clandestine, he is instead chosen to be a Ranger, under the tutelage of Halt, who years earlier exiled the evil Morgarath to the land of the Mountains of Rain and Night. 'It was a fate Will feared more than anything.' He entertains notions of entering Battleschool like his classmate-and sometime adversary-Horace. Those not chosen wind up as farm labor to help feed the castledwellers. Fifteen-year-old Will, orphaned as a child, and his close friends anxiously await Choosing Day, when each will be chosen-or not-for apprenticeship in one of several schools. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series and Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series.īestial villains, noble knights and deposed despots prepare their forces for impending battle in the first book in the Ranger's Apprentice series by Australian author Flanagan. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. Highly trained in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people. What he doesn’t yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger’s apprentice. The villagers believe the Rangers practise magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. They have always scared him in the past – the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The Ruins of Gorlan is the first thrilling book in John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series – over eight million sold worldwide.

The ruins of gorlan ranger's apprentice book 1