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Автор Джон Фланаган

Table of Contents

Copyright Page

Title Page

Dedication

Foreword

DEATH OF A HERO

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

THE INKWELL AND THE DAGGER

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

THE ROAMERS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

PURPLE PROSE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

DINNER FOR FIVE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

THE BRIDAL DANCE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

THE HIBERNIAN

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

THE WOLF

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

AND ABOUT TIME TOO...

AFTERWORD

Also by John Flanagan:

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Copyright © 2011 by John Flanagan. Map copyright © 2011 by David Elliot.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN : 978-1-101-54788-5

Also by John Flanagan:

THE RANGER’S APPRENTICE EPIC

BOOK 1: THE RUINS OF GORLAN

BOOK 2: THE BURNING BRIDGE

BOOK 3: THE ICEBOUND LAND

BOOK 4: THE BATTLE FOR SKANDIA

BOOK 5: THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH

BOOK 6: THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW

BOOK 7: ERAK’S RANSOM

BOOK 8: THE KINGS OF CLONMEL

BOOK 9: HALT’S PERIL

BOOK 10: THE EMPEROR OF NIHON-JA

THE BROTHERBAND CHRONICLES

BOOK 1: THE OUTCASTS

This book is dedicated to those Ranger fans around the world

who have made the last six years so enjoyable for me.

The stories that follow are in response to questions

you have asked me over the years.

Thank you all.

FOREWORD

Redman County

The Republic of Aralan States

(formerly the medieval Kingdom of Araluen)

July 1896

PROFESSOR GILES MACFARLANE GROANED SOFTLY AS HE EASED his aching back. He was getting too old to remain crouched for long periods like this, gently whisking dust away from the excavated ground before him as he sought to release yet another artifact from the earth that had held it captive for so long.

He and his team had come upon this ruined castle several years ago. They had mapped the outline of its triangular main walls—an unusual shape for a castle. The jagged stump of the ancient keep tower stood in the middle of the space they had cleared. The collapsed tower was barely four meters high now. But even in its ruined state, MacFarlane could see that it had been a formidable building.