It wasn't until Hal was 10 that Thorn made good on his promise and turned his life around. Thorn promised Mikkel to look after Hal however, Thorn lost his hand right after Mikkel died and fell into depression. Hal's never known his dad, Mikkel, who died in a battle with Thorn, his best friend, at his side. Hal is an inventor and talented navigator. His Mom, a former Araluen slave, was set free by his Skandian dad who later married her. Hal is an outcast in Skandia because of his mixed parentage. This formula works and it's highly entertaining. There is plenty of action and humor throughout the story. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.If you liked the Ranger's Apprentice series you will like John Flanagan's new series that follows the same formula. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books.
John Flanagan, author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength.
Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice!
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