The Ruins of Gorlan is the first thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series - over eight million sold worldwide.

Will is small for his age, but fast and quick-witted. All his life, he has dreamed of becoming a great knight like the father he never knew, so he is devastated when he is rejected by Castle Redmont's Battleschool. Instead he is apprenticed to Halt, mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic.

Vorwort
The Ruins of Gorlan is the first thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series over eight million sold worldwide.

Autorentext
John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice and Brotherband adventure series have sold more than eight million copies worldwide. His books are available in more than one hundred countries, are regularly on the New York Times bestseller lists, and have had multiple award shortlistings and wins in Australia and overseas. John, a former television and advertising writer, lives with his wife in a Sydney beachside suburb.

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A mighty warrior
A faithful friend
An immortal love

As Arthur forges a union in Britain, across the sea a royal son is denied his birthright. The Romans are gone and war is coming to Gaul.

In an age of cruelty and barbarism, Lancelot - known as Clothar - has been raised to champion justice and righteousness, but as his boyhood world in Gaul disintegrates, he seeks sanctuary in a new home: Britain.

There he finds Arthur Pendragon, newly crowned High King, who, dreams, like Clothar himself, of living in a better world. The friendship of these men, and the love they share for a woman, will grow into Britain's most enduring legend.

Discover the most authentic telling of the Arthurian legend ever written

Zusammenfassung
The Ruins of Gorlan is the first thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series over eight million sold worldwide. They have always scared him in the past the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways.