What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men have done so. For Will, a mere boy, that symbol of honor offers long was feeling out of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen’s uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes phrase how the Skandian leader has been captured by a harmful desert tribe. The Rangers are delivered to free of charge him. However the desert is like nothing at all these warriors have observed before. Strangers in a strange land, these are brutalized by sandstorms, beaten from the unrelenting warmth, tricked by one tribe that takes on by its rules, and surprisingly befriended by another. Like a desert mirage, nothing is as it seems. Yet a very important factor is continuous: the bravery from the Rangers.In this red-hot adventure, winner from the Australian Book of the entire year Award for TEENAGERS, John Flanagan boosts the stakes on the series which has currently sold millions of books worldwide.

Perfect for supporters of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Rock, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Music of Snow and Open fire series.