The book I just read, Ranger’s Apprentice: Halt’s Peril, by John Flanagan, is a great adventure story about loyalty, friendship, and medieval warfare. It takes place in the imaginary kingdom of Aralven and Hibernia in medieval times. The main characters are: Will, a Ranger and former apprentice to Halt, Halt, also a Ranger and Will’s former mentor, and Horace, Will’s friend and a great warrior. There are two major conflicts in this book. The first one is with Tennyson, who is the prophet of the false god, Alseass. Tennyson is using Alseass to steal the valuables of simple townsfolk and assassinating those who try to stop him. The other conflict is that, in a confrontation with Tennyson’s assassins, Halt is hit with a poisoned crossbow bolt in the arm, leaving him close to death. The problem with the poisoned arrow is solved when Malcolm the Healer, an old friend of the Rangers, is recruited by Will to help. Eventually he cures Halt and then rush off to catch Tennyson. The first problem is solved when Tennyson and his followers are killed in a collapsing cavern after a confrontation with Will, Horace, and Halt.
In my opinion, this was a real thriller and kept me begging for the next chapter. This is the ninth book in the series and it was even better than the first ones. I’m looking forward to the next book, but I’m not because I don’t want the series to end!
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