The Tournament at Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years)

Yet another great book in the Ranger's Apprentice series. Morgarath works to take over the kingdom, imprisoning the King and also Prince Duncan, as well as disbanding the Ranger Corps. Crowley and Halt work to gather all the rangers and work to save the kingdom.The beauty of this book is the banter and relationship between Halt and Crowley, seeing how Halt became a Ranger, the interplay between the rangers, and the scheming of Morgarath . It has the same feel and polish of the other books and is a fun page-turner.This series has yet to let me down and this one is just another stellar work in an already excellent set of adventures. I'm very much looking forward to the next one.

Been reading this series since a kid, still love it as an adult. Great book and storyline. Clean for kids too

I was reading the Rangers Apprentice when I saw the early years!! Thanks great reading with lots of action. The best part their is another book!!

After hearing about the Ranger's Apprentice series, I thought this would be a great place to start. I was not disappointed. Good, snappy plot, wonderful pace, witty, and descriptive. Will be starting on the next book soon!

I would usually spend a lot of time creating a nice long review of my favorite authors latest book. But for this book, I just don't feel it deserves that time.Now it's not really fair to judge it so. I've recently been reading Hugh Howey's Silo Series. A series written by an author who is a master of description and imagery. I've grown accustomed to that style and really enjoyed it.In this book, the author caters more to the "Action, Adventure, EXCITEMENT!" Group. And less to the more... "Mature and incite full group" craving a book they can warp they minds too. If you are a fan of anything John Flanagan, as I am, then this book is for you. Just don't expect crazy detail and imagery.(This still ended up being long) :(

My 13 year old daughter and I love these books! They have great stories, and little things that we can both talk about and have inside jokes with.

It was good kept captivating til the end

Another well written, moving and gripping book in the Ranger's Apprentice series. I really enjoyed that Mr. Flanagan has started an "Early Years" section of this series. After reading the entire series and references to past deeds it was really wonderful to see more about the start, well re-start of the Ranger Corps. It was an adventurous journey to see how the "elder" group of rangers who have been typically secondary characters in the original portion of the series come to life and start building their legacies we see in the original series.