The Ruins of Gorlan: Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1

For those uninformed as I was...YA book, means Young Adult Book. Well Duh! Can you tell I don't text either?
I am not a young adult (55 yrs old), but I really enjoyed this book.
Do you want to be a Ranger or be the over glorified Warrior with the potential of being Knighted? At first look, most boys would choose the Knight.
This book is about each group. How the boys train, mature and learn life's lessons.
In the end we realize how they differ, but are each equally as important and respectable.
Actions speak louder than words (Titles).
No sex, no romance, but kept me interested the through out the whole book. I look forward to listening to the next in the series.

Highly recommend this series of books. Great reader. Story really grabs your attention and holds it fast.
Looking forward to the next one.

I used to work in a bookstore and was in charge of the kid's section, so I've been looking at this one for a while. When the last sale came up, I got it and it was great! The action is good, the characters believable and the villian is really bad, as all villians should be.
While I realize this is a kids' book, I enjoyed it and would recommend to everyone for a fun read.

I have read and listened to this series many times. I now have others reading them as well. I don't like the reader for the 'Sorcerer of the north', although I do for the rest of them. I really wish 'Erak's Ransom' would become available on Audible.com. I'm 55 and love these. As do, several people in their 30's. While it is written for a much younger age group. Adults will like them as well.

I have read all the books in this series available in the US so far. John Keating is by far my favorite narrator for the series. This is a series for young adults, and my boys at school (grades 4-6) love these books too.

I purchased and downloaded this so long ago that I didn't remember anything about it, I just hit 'play' and began listening. I was enjoying it, although I thought the plot line and character development were not particularly sophisticated and the echoes of traditional fantasy literature genre were strong. Then my 9yo daughter overheard part of it and insisted on listening to the rest of the story together with me. She loved it, as did the 7yo who joined in as well. It wasn't until after we'd listened to the climactic scene - with me trepidatious lest it be too intense for the girls - that I finally realized that the book was actually written for a youth audience. Then I further discover that it's a large series and has been quite popular for several years. Duh. Anyway, I've already purchased the second and third book in the series and we're off to listen to them now. I would recommend them to any youth 8-78 interested in a lightweight (at least the first book is not too intense, I can't speak for subsequent stories) fantasy/hero/action/touching story. I also liked John Keating as the narrator. I saw that there are editions with a different narrator, and listened to a sample of the other one, but decided to stick with this narrator.

Yes! The narrator is amazing and the storyline is a favorite. Wonderfully written!

When Horace and Wil become friends.

No, I'm kind of new to Audible.

Definitly.

If your sensitive to swearing, this book has a little bit.

This is an entertaining story that will appeal to all -- not just

Ecellent book. It was simple but had enough excitment to keep you into the book.

Started with the first one and couldn't stop there! Wonderfully written and read. Nice combination of intensity, action, and description.