The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) | John Flanagan

The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) | John Flanagan | Another great fiction book!

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	The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) John Flanagan Philomel, 2006 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 47 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful Fantasy Series

When Will is sent on a seemingly-simple diplomatic mission with a fellow ranger and his friend Horace, things get complicated. The Celtic people that they were sent to visit have vanished without a trace, homes abandoned. Will and Horace stay behind and decide to follow a group of slaves led by the evil Wargals. What they find could destroy their whole kingdom. Morgarath has treacherous plans that Will must stop immediately. While Horace rushes back to tell his people of the incoming invasion plans, Will must stay behind to make sure Morgarath's bridge is destroyed.

Following Will's adventures in the first book, The Burning Bridge offers even more suspense, excitement, and intrigue. All the characters are back, and relationships are able to develop further. As battle culminates, the story ends in a wrenching cliffhanger that will leave you reaching for the next book.

Just as wonderful as the first, this fantasy will charm readers of all ages.

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Another great fiction book!

I was so pleased that this sequel was as good as the first book! I would recomend having the third book handy though because (like any good writter, however anoying it might be) he leaves you hanging as to what happens. I would HIGHLY recomend this book!

Best book in the world!

The rangers apprentice series has many great books but book two the burning bridge was the best. Book two is about Will a young apprentice ranger and Horace a young warrior. Will is about sixteen years old and is always asking questions. Horace is the same age of Will and is determined to be a knight. Together with a little help from Gilan the ranger they uncover morgrath's plans. I also like this book because the author does a really good job of describing the plot and the carachters devlop during the story. This book deserves a full five stars and I strongly suggest reading this book.

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Another masterpiece by Flanagan.

IMO the rangers apprentice series is by far the best work by any author to be set in a medieval type setting. Sure this is pure fiction at it's best but the way John Flanagan crafts his stories is truly unique. A master story teller IMO. I loved every page. With the exciting grand ending and the unique twist of events left me on edge. I loved it, and now am breezing through the next book in the series.

So-so

I must be the only one to be bored by this series. I bought this book on the pleadings of my 14 year old brother, who is enthralled by the series, and urged me to give them a go. And they are okay - to a point.

Although the military portions of this book are pretty good, the politics largely wasn't. The relationship between the baronies and the king is undefined. Why, for example, is the head of the diplomatic corp stationed in a minor barony, and not at the capital where she can advise the king?

Because of a severe shortage of men (there are only 50 rangers) when sending a foreign relations mission to a neighboring country to ask them to honor their treaty commitment and commit themselves to war with a common enemy, apparently the best people to send are a ranger, an apprentice ranger, and an apprentice warrior, only one of whom is of noble birth. At the same time, a diplomat (an apprentice again)is being dispatched to deal with a minor nobleman within the barony, and is escorted by a full-grown ranger. Somehow this just seems backwards to me. I would expect the foreign mission to be attended by at least one diplomat, and if there is such a pressing need for Rangers, why waste waste one on such an unimportant little sidetrip?

The book (this second one more than the first) abounds with this kind of inconsistency, and the premise for the third seems even more fraught with stupidity than this one. The king's daughter is missing and he can't spare one man to go look for her! Please! Admittedly I have only read the teaser at the end of book two so far, so I don't know if Flannigan has some reasonable excuse for this, but based on the evidence so far, I highly doubt it.

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