The Sorcerer of the North: Book Five

John Flanagan

Jan 2019 · Ranger's Apprentice Book 5 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Stuart Blinder

About this audiobook

The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!

Several years have passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, first met, and Will is finally a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepy—boring, even—until Lord Syron, master of a castle far in the north, is struck down by a mysterious illness. Joined by his friend Alyss, Will is suddenly thrown headfirst into an extraordinary adventure, investigating fears of sorcery and trying to determine who is loyal to Lord Syron. As Will battles growing hysteria, traitors, and most of all, time, Alyss is taken hostage, and Will is forced to make a desperate choice between his mission and his friend.

Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Ratings and reviews

The book is great, I find myself purchasing one after the next, but what rubbed me the wrong way was/is the narrator. I've gotten used to the narrator of the first 4 books this narrators accents are off-putting, he said this was book six in the beginning and the way he pronounces things are just.... off

I love this series it's amazing but Google play wont let me buy the book I keep getting an error so I'm being forced to skip it and go to the next audio book. both books 5 and I believe 8 are the same error.

Love the storyline but this narrator is awful. The accents used are very horrible for the same character so Will sounds like he could be southern American, Scottish, or from Sweden...and that's just one example. John Keating did such a great job with the prior books in this series.

About the author

John Flanagan grew up in Sydney, Australia, hoping to be a writer. John began writing Ranger’s Apprentice for his son, Michael, ten years ago, and is still hard at work on the series and its spinoff, Brotherband Chronicles. He currently lives in the suburb of Manly, Australia, with his wife. In addition to their son, they have two grown daughters and four grandsons.