Ranger's Apprentice · Book 1
The Ruins of Gorlan
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 261
- ISBN-13
- 9780142406632
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Ruins of Gorlan, published in 2004 at 261 pages, launches Ranger's Apprentice with undersized orphan Will Treaty apprenticed to Halt, the taciturn head of Araluen's elite Ranger Corps. John Flanagan originally wrote it as short stories to keep his reluctant-reader son reading, and it grew into a series that has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
Its place in Ranger's Apprentice
The Ruins of Gorlan is book 1 in the Ranger's Apprentice series. It is followed by The Burning Bridge. See the full Ranger's Apprentice reading order.
Will Treaty is an undersized orphan passed over for knight training and instead apprenticed, almost as an afterthought, to Halt, the taciturn and formidable head of the Ranger Corps -- the kingdom of Araluen's elite scouts, trackers, and covert protectors. Across ten novels, Will grows from a reluctant apprentice into a Ranger in his own right, fighting alongside Halt, the warrior-in-training Horace, and a widening cast of allies against invading Skandian raiders, sorcerous threats, foreign armies, and internal…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780142406632
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780142417447
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399244544