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The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone !
Months have passed since Horace departed for the eastern nation of Nihon-Ja on a vital mission. Having received no communication from him, his friends fear the worst. Unwilling to wait a second longer, Alyss, Evanlyn, and Will leave their homeland behind and venture into an exotic land in search of their missing friend.
When they finally catch up with him, they find Horace entangled in a military coup. Determined to protect the imperial throne, Will and his band of Araluens must piece together and train a force in order to fend off the master Senji warriors intent on overthrowing the emperor.
Suspense and pulse-pounding action abound in the tenth adventure in the worldwide phenomenon that is Ranger's Apprentice.
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.
Author Notes
John Flanagan was born on May 22, 1944. Before becoming a novelist, he was an advertising and television writer. He also co-created the television series Hey Dad! with Gary Reilly. He writes the Ranger's Apprentice series, which were originally written to encourage his son to read, the Jesse Parker Mystery series, Brotherband Chronicles, and the Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger series. He won the Australian Publishers Association's Book of the Year for Older Children and the International Success Award for Erak's Ransom in 2008. His title's: Hunters, The Royal Rangers and Scorpion Mountain made The New York Times Best Seller List. He made the finalist list for the Aurealis Awards for his title Slaves of Socorro: Brotherband Book 4.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Horn Book Review
While studying new fighting techniques in Nihon-Ja (think Shogun Japan), Horace is caught up defending the emperor during a coup. Rangers Will and Halt, Princess Cassandra, Alyss, and Selethen come to his aid, with a number of tricks up their sleeves. Familiar, likable characters, new combat tactics, and an enjoyable level of tension reward readers of this "final battle. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The 10th and final full-length episode in an alternate-Earth series that's just about reached its sell-by date unites the five members of the central cast in yet another rescue mission to a distant land. This time its a thinly disguised medieval Japan, where bluff young warrior Horace has been swept up in the entourage accompanying a kindly emperor who is on the run from a vicious usurper. Thanks to a sequence of massive coincidences, he is soon joined in a remote mountain fortress by Rangers Will (who graduated from "apprentice" about five volumes ago) and his crusty mentor Halt, plus temperamental Princess Evanlyn and her spunky frenemy Alyss.While the usurper and his forces obligingly winter nearby, the menfolk train a peasant army for the true emperor while Evanlyn and Alyss set out to recruit more allies and have an air-clearing heart-to-heart about who really loves whom. By the end battles are won, bad guys slain, feasts held and everyone heads home for weddings and further adventures. The "keep it simple" approach has served Flanaganand readers who prefer predictable plots and easily recognizable settings and character typeswell, but the formula has staled."The Final Battle" blazoned on the cover indicates a recognition of this fact, though loose ends leave open the possibility of further, as-yet-unplanned developments. Here's hoping a break will restore zing to future adventures. (Fantasy. 11-13)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The tenth and final volume of the Ranger's Apprentice series brings Will, Halt, Horace, Alyss, and Evanlyn together to help defend the wise yet vulnerable emperor of Nihon-Ja (an alternate-world Japan) from the renegade Senshi (samurai) force that threatens to overthrow his rule. Introducing a new setting and culture, the story calls upon the familiar characters' courage, wits, and confidence in each other. Though it's the last, this novel is no sentimental journey but a rousing adventure that delivers all the elements that have made the series so popular: comradeship, danger, strategy, warfare, and humor.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist