Australian author John Flanagn’s Rangers Apprentice series was conceived as twenty short stories, which John wrote to encourage his son to read. Today the bestselling fantasy adventure series is sold in more than twenty countries,has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list, and has been shortlisted for children’s book awards both in Australia and overseas.

The Rangers Apprentice series follows the adventures of Will, who longed to become a knight, but instead becomes an apprentice Ranger. Together with the Ranger Halt, and his friends, Horace, Alyss and Everlyn, Will strives to keep the Kingdom of Araluen save from invaders, traitors and threats.