The Ruins of Gorlan

About this book

They have always scared him in the past--the Rangers, with their dark cloaksand shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice. What he doesn't yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. Highly trained in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people. And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. This time, he will not be denied...

Books in this series

1. The Ruins of Gorlan
2. The Burning Bridge
3. The Icebound Land
4. Oakleaf Bearers
5. Sorcerer in the North
6. The Siege of Macindaw
7. Erak's Ransom
8. The Kings of Clonmel
9. Halt's Peril
10. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
11. The Lost Stories
12. A New Beginning

1. 1 The Ruins of Gorlan 2004 This book
2. 7 Erak's Ransom 2007
3. The Burning Bridge 2005
4. The Icebound Land 2005

Subjects

• adventure and adventurers, fiction
• castles, fiction
• children's fiction
• fantasy
• fantasy fiction
• fiction
• heroes
• heroes, fiction
• juvenile fiction
• new york times bestseller
• nyt:series_books=2010-06-26
• reading level-grade 10
• reading level-grade 11
• reading level-grade 12