Duel at Araluen
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Average rating3.8
King Duncan and Princess Cassandra are trapped high in the south tower of Castle Araluen.
In the north, Sir Horace and Ranger Commandant Gilan are besieged in an old hill fort, as they wait for the Red Fox Clan's next attack.
Ranger's apprentice Maddie must find the Heron brotherband and convince them to join her, so she can give her father the help he needs to break out from the hill fort and ride to confront the traitor.
Will they reach Castle Araluen in time? And when the battles have been fought and the dust has settled, who will rule the Kingdom of Araluen?
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1 primary book#14 in Ranger's Apprentice
Ranger's Apprentice is a 1-book series first released in 2018 with contributions by John Flanagan.
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7 primary books#3 in Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger
Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by John Flanagan.
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3.5* stars
ok actually i skimmed like 20% of this book, because for the life of me I can NOT focus on battles.
And this book is one big battle. Just contant pages and pages of fighting and swords and blablablabla.
anyway maddie is an icon and so are Gilan and Horace.
Cassandra honestly got herself lowered in the ranks since I started reading Royal Ranger cause she is made to be an overworried mother when she herself was/is quite an adventurer
Another standard Flanagan romp around the world of Araluen. As usual, the Rangers are smart, the Skanadians are fierce, and much coffee is drunk.
While this book serves as a nice crossover between the worlds of the Rangers and the Brotherband, at its heart is a long siege. As with most sieges, it's slow. This book is a little more plodding than most of his stuff, but the Mary Sues win in the end and you feel good about them doing so.
