The Lost Stories
core novel 2011 Ranger's Apprentice
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (39,117 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 434 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780142421956 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
The Lost Stories is a collection of nine standalone short stories set within the Ranger's Apprentice series, each exploring the backstories, side adventures, or quieter moments of characters readers have come to know across the main sequence of novels. The stories range across different points in the series' timeline, filling gaps between earlier books, revisiting figures such as Will, Halt, and Horace at various stages of their lives, and giving attention to secondary characters whose histories were only hinted at elsewhere. Rather than advancing a single continuous plot, the collection offers self-contained glimpses into the wider world of Araluen and its neighboring lands, adding context for events referenced but not fully shown in the main series. Written for longtime readers seeking closure on smaller threads and newcomers curious about the broader cast, the collection rounds out the series' established history.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ranger's Apprentice
- Series: Ranger's Apprentice core; position 11 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 11 of 12: previous The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (2009) · next The Royal Ranger (2013)
Sources
← Ranger's Apprentice dossier · All universes
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