Rangers Apprentice: Sorcerer of the North

Rangers Apprentice: Sorcerer of the North

Yes! This book is the best of what I like to say ‘the second part of the series’. Mainly because it opens a new chapter in Will’s life and skips a couple of years since the last one.

Will is finally a full pledged ranger, and so is given his own fief. (That’s all I am saying about that, I don’t want to spoil your read) Halt and Crowley give him an assignment that, you guessed it, has to do with sorcery…and the North. Hence the title. Will goes in disguise since rangers are believed to be “black sorcerers” they figure it would be counterproductive to have a ranger just go waltzing in. Will heads up north with his new dog (it’s a she) to investigate. What he begins to find will probably shock most of the readers (I was shocked for one) This book is probably one of the more engaging since you can never really tell what John Flanagan was going to do next.

Sorcerer of the North is the first part of a new little series within the series. Yes, I know they are all in the series but he leaves you hanging just like he did with “The Burning Bridge” through “The Battle for Skandia”. I thought that this is a really original story line/plot, and would (could) become an awesome movie (wink wink nudge nudge movie studios). Once again John Flanagan worked absolute genius on the next book in the series, weaving the characters in and out of danger in a way that will leave you hanging until the very last word. I thought that this book leaned in more toward mystery than the previous books (I was totally ok with that) but was still action packed and wonderful.

All in all I give this book a 10 out of 10, because well, in my opinion this book, this series is wonderful and without fault. I really think that followers of the series and even newcomers to the books will enjoy John Flanagan’s next installment of the Rangers Apprentice series.