Erak's Ransom
core novel 2007 Ranger's Apprentice
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (72,251 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 441 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780142415252 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
Erak's Ransom continues the Ranger's Apprentice series as Will and his companions travel to the desert province of Arrida on a diplomatic mission to negotiate the ransom of Erak, the captured Skandian leader whose release matters to the fragile alliance between Araluen and Skandia. The unfamiliar desert environment presents challenges the group has not faced before, forcing them to adapt their usual Ranger tactics to terrain and customs very different from Araluen's forests and fields. Along the way they encounter nomadic desert tribes with their own traditions and suspicions of outsiders, whose cooperation proves essential but far from guaranteed. As the negotiations grow more complicated than expected, the group faces unanticipated dangers from local politics and rival factions within Arrida, testing Will's growing skills and the party's ability to work together far from any support they can count on.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ranger's Apprentice
- Series: Ranger's Apprentice core; position 7 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Flanagan
Notes
- From the series record (Ranger's Apprentice): The twelve-book original sequence.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Ranger's Apprentice: position 7 of 12: previous The Siege of Macindaw (2007) · next The Kings of Clonmel (2008)
Sources
← Ranger's Apprentice dossier · All universes
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