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I finished John Flanagan's first book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Ruins of Gorlan, yesterday. I've seen this series advertised several times over the years in the window of the local bookshop. At the moment John Flanagan's new series, Brotherband Chronicles, are displayed with a stack of the Ranger's Apprentice books next to it and it got me curious enough to get the first book in the series.
In this first book the main characters are introduced and it is explained what a Ranger does. Will is an orphan and has grown up in the castle of the local lord. When an orphan is fifteen he/she has to choose, and be accepted into, an apprenticeship. Will really wants to become a warrior but he is deemed to small. However, Ranger Halt offers him the opportunity to become a Ranger. What a Ranger exactly does is a mystery, many believe they can do magic because you don't see a Ranger until he wants to be seen. Will accepts the apprenticeship and discovers not only what a Ranger does but he also makes friends, becomes a hero and discovers more about his parents.
A great introduction to the series and I can't wait to get the next in the series!
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