John Flanagan's New York Times best-selling Ranger's Apprentice novels enthrall young readers with their epic tales of heroism and sorcery set in the medieval realm of Araluen. Ranger Will, an apprentice no longer, nobly oversees his own peaceful fief. But then Keren, a renegade knight serving the dreaded Scotti, seizes a strategic gateway castle in the north—taking Will's dear friend Alyss captive in the process. Now the fates of Alyss and all of Araluen rest on Will's valor and swift action.