The Sorcerer of the North: Book Five (Ranger's Apprentice)
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 0142414298
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Several years have passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, first met, and Will is finally a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepy?boring, even?until Lord Syron, master of a castle far in the north, is struck down by a mysterious illness. Joined by his friend Alyss, Will is suddenly thrown headfirst into an extraordinary adventure, investigating fears of sorcery and trying to determine who is loyal to Lord Syron. As Will battles growing hysteria, traitors, and most of all, time, Alyss is taken hostage, and Will is forced to make a desperate choice between his mission and his friend.
Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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your offer,” he told the knight. “But it might be better if I did this alone.” He saw the color rising in the other man's face and he quickly held up a hand to calm his anger. “It's not that I doubt your courage or your ability,” he added. “Quite the opposite, in fact. But I think I have a better chance of settling this on my own.” “You surely can't plan to fight them alone?” Norris asked. Will shook his head, a little smile touching his lips. “I don't plan to fight them at all,” he said. “But
reached around and tugged at a knot that held Buttle in place across the horse's back. “Take him as a gift,” he said, heaving on the bandit's collar so that he slid off the horse and fell in a heap on the ground. Buttle moaned softly as he did so, then went quiet. Gundar's eyes widened in surprise. “A gift?” Will nodded. “He's made a damn nuisance of himself around here and I don't have time to attend to him. Take him and welcome. You can owe me a favor sometime.” The Skandian captain
tell you.” “Really?” Will asked. The seneschal glanced up at him appraisingly. “You've heard nothing of events here?” he asked. Will realized it would be foolish to try to pretend complete ignorance of events. An entertainer traveling through the country would have heard the local gossip—as indeed he had. He shrugged. “Rumors, of course. The countryside is always alive with them wherever you go. But I'm used to discounting rumors.” The rotund man sighed heavily. “In this case, you can
Ranger, a two-hundred-meter shot was bread and butter. And he knew that misgivings were the beginning of a miss. Anxiety over a missed shot all too often rewarded itself with the very result that it sought to avoid. Will raised his bow to the aim position. The arrow seemed to slide back effortlessly, drawn by the big muscles in his back and shoulders with an ease born of thousands of repetitions. He created his sighting picture, focusing on the target, not on the arrow or the bow. They were
man's, and there were fang-like canine teeth on either side. The dog was waiting impatiently and Will signaled her forward. She started down the trail again, and suddenly she broke into a run, dashing forward and around the next bend, out of sight. At Will's cue, Tug broke into a canter to follow the dog and they rounded the bend after her ... ... and found themselves in a large clearing, with a substantial one-story building, constructed from dark wood and thatched with straw, on the far