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The Sorcerer in the North is book five in the Ranger’s Apprentice series that an Australian author named John Flanagan wrote. This book is also published by Random House Australia Pty Ltd and its ISBN is 978 1 74166 128 6 and 1 74166 128 5.

And this is the first book that Will who is now known as Will Treaty is now a fully pledged King’s Ranger with his own fief that is on a small island called Seacliff. John Flanagan also starts this story off by telling us how he traveled there, and even then Will was using his learnt ranger skills as sensing that there was something nearby he finds a wounded border collie type dog.

He then takes this dog with him, and shortly after arriving at his destination he finds out the name of the dog’s owner. But Will doesn’t hunt him down as while Alyss and he are talking, the dog’s owner tries to get in and this was probably to take the dog back? But I don’t really think that was this nasty guy’s reason as if it was he would have simply knocked on the door. And so I think the real reason for him appearing at Will’s cabin was to finish the job on the dog off.

Will has also stopped some marauding Skandians from raiding Seacliff by negotiating with them, and as they recognize him they change their minds about raiding the area and are given a feast at Seacliff Castle instead. Also the possible raid by the Skandians have made the people at Seacliff Castle realise that they needed to put more work into their training as they could see that they have become sloppy.

And then soon after Will has to leave his fief as he is sent on a mission up north, to investigate the real reason as mysterious happenings is reported to be going on up there. But is it real sorcery?