The Royal Ranger: Duel at Araluen - John Flanagan

The Royal Ranger: Duel at Araluen

By John Flanagan

  • Release Date: 2019-05-28
  • Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 404 Ratings
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Description

International bestselling author John Flanagan returns to world of Ranger's Apprentice in this new installment of the Royal Ranger series starring Maddie, Will Treaty's fearless young apprentice.

King Duncan and Princess Cassandra are trapped in the south tower of Castle Araluen and under near-constant attack from the Red Fox Clan. Sir Horace and Ranger Commandant Gilan are holed up in an old hill fort, surrounded by the enemy. And Ranger's apprentice Maddie is the only one who can save them all.

With the help of Hal, Thorn, and the rest of the Heron brotherband, Maddie will have to break her father and his men out of the hill fort, but will they reach Castle Araluen in time?

International bestselling author of the Ranger's Apprentice and Brotherband series, John Flanagan returns in the captivating next installment of the Royal Ranger series: The Royal Ranger: Duel at Araluen. Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Jacques's Redwall, and George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones!

Reviews

  • Below average for the series

    1
    By RA Fab
    I liked the plot in general, however the author used far to many repetitive sayings throughout the book. In past books the repetitive sayings added effect or emphasized key points at meaningful moments in the story line or character development. This book seemed to just do it to add to the story length. This book lacked any real suspense or worry for the characters. The plot was very predictable from the get go, and the characters never truly seemed at danger. They all succeeded in literally everything they did, with no consequences or realistic downsides occurring. Increase the suspense! I was super disappointed in the dual on the bridge with the katana master. With such a devoted and unique character this fight nearly as dramatic as it could have been.

  • Trash

    3
    By Flamethower2169
    This book was full of nonsense. I truly believe that John Flanagan didn’t live up to the standards built by his previous books. There was little to no suspense and John made the characters invincible. He made everything successful without any problems, and as Halt says, “No battle goes according to the plan.”

  • Amazing

    5
    By preston is gucci
    I love this series and this one book was great!

  • Boring

    2
    By water-mulan
    It was not as exciting as the other ones. John could have totally put it with Red Fox and it would have been fine. Was pretty aimless. We need more action, violence, suspense. It can’t just come from the ending.

  • Favorite series

    5
    By Robert V.K.
    This book was an amazingly written conclusion to the previous book. It was very detailed to the point where I don’t remember reading as the story was visually playing out in my head. I have never been truly disappointed in these books. They have always gotten me emotionally invested. I truly hope there are more to follow. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next book.

  • Cut too short

    3
    By Fork12(&
    I wanted to see what would happen after the conclusion of the story, but to my dismay the story ended abruptly.

  • Repetitive

    4
    By RevSanta
    Entirely too much repetition of things that the reader already knows, even if they’ve only read this one. That, plus it being a shorter book, really makes it less mesmerizing than his usual work. Lacks any time with two of the best characters, which is a shame. Still a good book though.

  • Mostly solid story

    3
    By Lyokofan1000
    Overall good story. Nice little crossing over of the various series, but a little lackluster. Plot moves very quickly and leaves us with what feels like the shortest book in the entire Rangers/Brotherband universe. Not necessarily a bad book, mind you, but as a long time fan of John Flanagan and this series, this just doesn’t quite hold up to the expectations the previous books have given us. This series has been home to stories that span multiple books several times, and the 2 individual parts have always been equally lengthy and interesting, whereas this latest part-2 is lacking. Still hope to see more from John Flanagan in the future. Wish you good readings.

  • I think it’s going to sum them up

    4
    By oldman&the🌊
    I think this book will probably be the last of the series, it’s short so the characters are to going to talk very little but the conversations will be meaningful. Will will be part of saving the day if it is the last; he’s the original hero of the story. Now here’s what I hope it will have considering I started reading this book series when I was in third grade, and I am now verging on 20 years of age that it will have some more, let’s say, adult qualities too it. Not to say that the books are childish they’re far from it they are poignant and fun but I personally would like to read a novel where there’s a little bit of true violence and true heartbreak. I’m not sure if children still read these novels but I do maybe I’m the weird one

  • 320 pages?

    2
    By Art&Sunshine
    I haven't read it yet obviously, but $11 for a book that's 320 pages? That's less than half the usual length

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