Book 1
The Ruins of Gorlan
Will is rejected by the Battleschool and chosen instead by the mysterious ranger Halt. The adventure that launched a generation of readers.
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Every book in the Ranger's Apprentice world by John Flanagan, ready to order. Pick up the full original series, the Royal Ranger sequels, or the Brotherband Chronicles.
Ranger's Apprentice: Original Series
The twelve-book series that started it all. Follow Will Treaty from orphan ward to Araluen's most trusted ranger.
Book 1
Book 2
The Burning Bridge
Will and Horace uncover Morgarath's secret weapon: a bridge that would allow his army to bypass Araluen's defences. They must destroy it first.
Book 3
The Icebound Land
Will and Evanlyn are prisoners in frozen Skandia. Halt defies the king and sets out alone to bring his apprentice home.
Book 4
The Battle for Skandia
An unlikely alliance between Araluen rangers and proud Skandian warriors is the only thing standing between the Temujai and a continent-wide invasion.
Book 5
The Sorcerer of the North
Will earns his silver oakleaf and takes his first solo posting, where a comatose lord and a terror cult test every skill he learned under Halt.
Book 6
The Siege of Macindaw
Castle Macindaw is in enemy hands. With Halt unavailable, Will must plan and lead a siege with only outlaws and one Skandian sailor at his side.
Book 7
Erak's Ransom
Set between books four and five. Will, Halt, Horace, Evanlyn, and Gilan travel into a desert kingdom to rescue the captured Skandian leader Erak.
Book 8
The Kings of Clonmel
Halt's homeland is being squeezed by a false cult. Halt's past collides with the present in the most character-rich entry of the series.
Book 9
Halt's Peril
Halt is struck by a poisoned bolt. Will races against time to find an antidote in the most emotionally intense book of the series.
Book 10
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
Horace protects a rightful emperor across the sea while Will, Halt, and Alyss mount a daring rescue mission in a land modelled on feudal Japan.
Book 11
The Lost Stories
Nine short stories fill in every gap the main series left open, including Halt's exile, Will's parents, and adventures never told in the novels.
Book 12
The Royal Ranger
Will takes on a reluctant apprentice: Princess Maddie. The series closes its circle, and a new ranger's story begins.
The Royal Ranger: Sequel Series
Princess Maddie takes up the cloak and the longbow. Five books continuing the Ranger's Apprentice story into the next generation.
RR Book 1
A New Beginning
Princess Maddie becomes Will's apprentice. The mentorship cycle that defined the original series starts again, with fresh stakes and a fresh voice.
RR Book 2
The Red Fox Clan
A rebel group called the Red Fox Clan threatens the throne of Araluen. Maddie must use every ranger skill she possesses to protect her own kingdom.
RR Book 3
Duel at Araluen
The Red Fox Clan seizes Castle Araluen itself. Maddie and Will must retake the kingdom from within, with the odds stacked heavily against them.
RR Book 4
The Missing Prince
A prince disappears in the kingdom of Gallica. Maddie crosses the sea to find him, navigating courts, bandits, and treachery in foreign territory.
RR Book 5
Escape from Falaise
The missing prince is found, but escape from the fortress of Falaise will require every skill Maddie and Will have earned across their careers.
Brotherband Chronicles
Set in the same world as Ranger's Apprentice, the Brotherband Chronicles follows Hal and his Skandian crew on seafaring adventures across the known world.
BB Book 1
The Outcasts
Hal leads a misfit brotherband through their training trials in Skandia. An underdog team finds their strengths where others see only weakness.
BB Book 2
The Invaders
The Heron brotherhood pursues pirates who stole a legendary artefact, pursuing them across the seas and into dangerous harbours.
BB Book 3
The Hunters
The Heron crew tracks the pirate Zavac deep into unfamiliar waters, forging unlikely alliances along the way to recover what was stolen.
BB Book 4
Slaves of Socorro
The Heron brotherband sails to the desert port of Socorro to free Araluen villagers taken as slaves, with ranger Gilan fighting alongside them.
BB Book 5
Scorpion Mountain
An assassin sect called the Scorpion Cult targets a princess. The Heron crew must infiltrate a mountain stronghold to stop the killing before it begins.
BB Book 6
The Ghostfaces
The Heron brotherhood encounters the Ghostfaces, raiders from across the western sea, and must defend a new land and its people from invasion.
BB Book 7
The Caldera
Hal and his crew are drawn into a rescue mission on a volcanic island, navigating treacherous seas and treacherous people in equal measure.
BB Book 8
Return of the Temujai
The terrifying Temujai cavalry is back. The Heron crew and the Ranger Corps must unite to stop history repeating the near-conquest of an earlier generation.
Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years
Before Will, there was Halt. These two prequel novels tell the story of how the Ranger Corps came to be the force that saved Araluen.
Early Years 1
The Tournament at Gorlan
A young Halt joins forces with the ranger Pritchard to enter a dangerous tournament, exposing a conspiracy against the king of Araluen before it can take root.
Early Years 2
The Battle of Hackham Heath
Halt and Crowley face Morgarath's forces in the defining battle that shaped the kingdom of Araluen decades before Will ever picked up a bow.
Boxed Sets and Bundles
Looking for a gift or starting the series fresh? These official boxed sets collect multiple volumes at a better price than buying individually.
Original Series
Books 1 to 4 Boxed Set
The first four novels in a single collector's box. The perfect entry point for a new reader or a gift for someone ready to discover Araluen.
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Full Series
Complete 12-Book Collection
All twelve books in the original Ranger's Apprentice series. The complete arc from The Ruins of Gorlan to The Royal Ranger in a single order.
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