ALSO BY JOHN FLANAGAN
RANGER’S APPRENTICE SERIES
THE RUINS OF GORLAN (BOOK 1)
THE BURNING BRIDGE (BOOK 2)
THE ICEBOUND LAND (BOOK 3)
OAKLEAF BEARERS (BOOK 4)
THE SORCERER IN THE NORTH (BOOK 5)
THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW (BOOK 6)
ERAK’S RANSOM (BOOK 7)
THE KINGS OF CLONMEL (BOOK 8)
HALT’S PERIL (BOOK 9)
THE EMPEROR OF NIHON-JA (BOOK 10)
THE LOST STORIES (BOOK 11)
THE ROYAL RANGER (BOOK 12)
BROTHERBAND SERIES
THE OUTCASTS (BOOK 1)
THE INVADERS (BOOK 2)
THE HUNTERS (BOOK 3)
SLAVES OF SOCORRO (BOOK 4)
SCORPION MOUNTAIN (BOOK 5)
BROTHERBAND: SCORPION MOUNTAIN
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