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John Flanagan
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Ranger's
Apprentice by John Flanagan
Welcome to this exciting
series about Will and his friends from Castle Redmont!
News:
Ranger's Apprentice book 8: The Kings of Clonmel due for Australian publication
November 3. See below for details.
News: Ranger's Apprentice to be filmed by Academy Award winning director...continued
The Ranger’s Apprentice
series originally comprised 20 short stories that John Flanagan wrote
to encourage his 12-year-old son Michael to enjoy reading. The series
has come a long way since then, with the novels regularly appearing
on New York Times bestseller lists and shortlists for children's book
awards in Australia and overseas.
About the Author
John Flanagan began his working life in advertising before moving
to freelance writing and script editing, becoming one of Australia's more
prolific TV writers. John lives with his wife Leonie in the Sydney beachside
suburb of Manly. He is currently writing further titles in the Ranger’s
Apprentice series, of which his son Michael, now in his 20s, is still an
enthusiastic reader! |
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Will is at the annual
Ranger Gathering but Halt is investigating mysterious happenings in
the west. When he does finally return, it's with bad news. Hibernia
is in turmoil. A religious cult calling themselves the Outsiders are
sowing confusion and sedition, and five of the six Hibernian kingdoms
have been undermined. Now the sixth, Clonmel, is in danger. Halt, Will
and Horace set out to restore order. Can the secrets of Halt's past
help them in their mission?
due November 3
Overseas
customers: to celebrate this new Ranger's book, we are offering
greatly reduced International shipping rates on pre-orders and
backlist. Just add "Ranger's Special Shipping" to the customer
reference
box when
you order and we'll cut your shipping costs.
Please note: Our web order confirmation total will reflect our
regular shipping charge and local taxes. However we will change
you the GST-free price and the special shipping rates when we process
your order in November.
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When Erak, the Skandian
Oberjarl, is taken hostage during a raid on the desert lands to the
south of the Constant Sea, his second-in-command, Svengal, is sent
to bring back a ransom for Erak's release.
Halt and Will must go with Svengal to deliver the ransom and secure Erak's
freedom, but a royal presence is needed too. The Princess Cassandra - or Evanlyn,
as Will knows her - persuades her father to let her go with them. Horace and
the Ranger Gilan round out the group to make sure that Evanlyn is well protected.
But will violent sandstorms, warring tribes and danger at every turn keep them
from reaching Erak in time?
The seventh book takes us back to the final year of Will's apprenticeship,
before the events related in Books 5 and 6.
Read an extract from the
book:
Erak's
Ransom Chapter One
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 Ruins
of Gorlan
Ranger's Apprentice 1
Will is small for his age, but agile and energetic. All his life, he has
longed to be a warrior and to follow in the footsteps of the father he
never knew, so he is devastated when he is rejected as an apprentice to
Castle Redmont's Battleschool. He's no happier when he's assigned instead
to the Ranger Corps, the Kingdom's secret service, as the Rangers are a
mysterious group whose uncanny ability to move about unseen is thought
by many to be the result of black magic.
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 Burning
Bridge
Ranger's Apprentice 2
As the kingdom of Araluen prepares for war against Morgarath, Will and
Horace accompany Gilan on a mission to Celtica. But Celtica's villages
and mines are silent. It is only when the three find an exhausted and starving
girl called Evanlyn that they learn why: Morgarath has sent his foul creatures
to enslave the Celts... |
 Icebound
Land
Ranger's Apprentice 3
Help can arrive from the most unexpected places. Will and Evanlyn are bound
for Skandia as the captives of the fearsome Skandian wolfship captain,
Erak. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his
promise - even defy his King. |
 Oakleaf
Bearers (The Battle for Skandia)
Ranger's Apprentice 4
Just as spring approaches and Will and Evanlyn can finally escape Skandia,
Evanlyn is carried off by mysterious horsemen. Will sets out after them,
but one boy against six fierce Temujai warriors is impossible odds - even
for a Ranger's apprentice. |
 Sorcerer
in the North
Ranger's Apprentice 5
Five years have passed since the Skandians and the Araluans made their
treaty, and Will has finally become a Ranger, with his own fief to look
after. He soon learns that even sleepy little island fiefs have problems
to keep him on his toes.Then he and his old friend Alyss are thrown into
a terrifying new adventure, investigating the truth behind rumours of sorcery
in a remote northern fief. |
 Siege
of Macindaw
Ranger's Apprentice 6
In a desolate
northern fief, Will is trying to find the fighting men he needs to overcome
Sir Keren and his band of criminals. Across the border, the fierce Scotti
tribesmen are waiting for the signal that Castle Macindaw is in friendly
hands, and the way is clear to mount a full-scale attack.
Time is running out. Will's courage and ingenuity - and the arrival of
an old friend - may be the only things that stand in their way. |
NEWS: RANGER'S APPRENTICE FILM RIGHTS
SELL
Random House
Film rights in Random House’s bestselling children’s series
Ranger’s Apprentice by Australian author John Flanagan have been
optioned to United Artists Films, for Paul Haggis to adapt and direct
a series of films, in a major deal, for seven figures.
Paul Haggis is an Academy Award-winning director and producer. He
directed the Oscar-winning movie Crash and was responsible for the
screenplays for Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags
of our Fathers, and he also created TV shows such as Due South and
Walker,Texas Ranger.
Author John Flanagan says, ‘It's just so overwhelming to see that
the Ranger’s series is set to head off in yet another exciting
direction. When I think how this all started as a series of twenty short
stories written for my son Michael, it sets my head spinning to think
there's the distinct
possibility that it will now be translated into movies and seen by millions
of people around the world.’ The seventh instalment in the series,
Erak’s Ransom, was released in Australia in November and has already
sold over 10 000 copies and reached Number Two on the Australian children’s
charts. Sales for this series have gone from strength to strength with
each new book expanding its fan base with both adults and children getting
addicted to the stories. Ranger’s Apprentice is poised to become
the next series that will jump from the page onto the big screen following
the success of
Eragon, Harry Potter and The Golden Compass.
Worldwide book sales of the series have exceeded 700 000 and foreign
rights have been sold to 16 countries including North America, United
Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark and Sweden.
This year, the series also featured on the New York Times bestseller
list for children’s series for 11 weeks reaching Number Three
just behind Harry Potter.
John, a former television and advertising writer, lives with his wife,
Leonie, in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly. He is currently writing
further titles in the Ranger’s Apprentice series |
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