The Burning Bridge

Ranger's Apprentice

Content Ratings

No Romance

There is no romantic content; Will's friendships are the central relationships.

Mild Themes

The cost of military duty, the bravery required to act when outcomes are uncertain, and the weight of a mission's success measured against personal loss are central.

Moderate Violence

A full battle sequence, Will being captured by Wargals, and the mission's costly conclusion create sustained adventure tension.

Synopsis

Will and his friends are sent on a mission that leads to the discovery of a Wargal army massing to invade Araluen, and must choose between completing their mission and burning the bridge that is the army's only crossing—at enormous personal cost. A major step up in stakes from the first book, with a genuinely shocking ending.