The Sorcerer in the North

Its place in Ranger's Apprentice

The Sorcerer in the North is book 5 in the Ranger's Apprentice series. It follows Oakleaf Bearers. It is followed by The Siege of Macindaw. 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…