The Royal Ranger
core novel 2013 Ranger's Apprentice
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.27 (39,031 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 460 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780142427316 |
| Internal chronology | 12 |
Synopsis
The Royal Ranger opens a new arc within the Ranger's Apprentice series set years after the main sequence, finding Will Treaty grieving a personal loss and reluctant to take on new responsibilities. Circumstances nonetheless bring him an unexpected apprentice in Princess Madelyn, known as Maddie, whose royal upbringing has left her unprepared for the demanding, self-reliant life of a Ranger but who proves determined to learn. As Will reluctantly begins training her in earnest, the two are drawn into investigating the death of a fellow Ranger under suspicious circumstances, a case that leads them toward evidence of an organized slave trafficking operation preying on vulnerable people across the kingdom. Balancing Maddie's royal status and her desire to be treated as an ordinary apprentice, Will works to both train her properly and unravel the scope of the trafficking ring before it can claim more victims.
Where it sits
- Universe: Ranger's Apprentice
- Series: Ranger's Apprentice core; position 12 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 12 of 12: previous The Lost Stories (2011)
Sources
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