The Sorcerer of the North

Book Five

By: John Flanagan

Narrated by: Stuart Blinder

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.

Critic reviews

The last few years have seen the publication of many fantasies, but few have the appeal of this original story. -Booklist, starred review, for The Ruins of Gorlan

Poor Narrator

You’d think the new narrator for the series would make an effort to at least pronounce “Araluen” similar to the previous one. He has two or 3 “voices”, so many characters sounded the same. He do well reading nonfiction. But for this? Pretty bad. I still love the story though

Bring back John Keating

The books are always a great listen, but why did they have to mess with a good thing? John Keating is THE definitive narrator for this series, why on earth did they have to go and get this new guy for? I bought the audio book on Amazon before I bothered to check the narrator. I would go buy the other one, even if you have to get it on CD, it would still be a better experience.

New narrator

The book is amazing. it's just without john Keating doing the voices and narration it's a bit jarring. he's been doing the last five books and as far and I know he does the rest of them. but why not this one? other then that the book is great. one of my favorite series ever.

Good book… Terrible narrator

I was so excited for this book. But when I listened to it, I didn’t listen to it again. Where is John Keating when you need him??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Great Story Bad Narrator

Loving this series but the narrator was painful. Was anxious to get through this to get on to the next book and the former narrator