The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning: John FlanaganRanger's Apprentice, Royal Ranger 1. After a senseless tragedy destroys his life, Will is obsessed with punishing those responsible even if it means leaving the Ranger Corps. His worried friends must find a way to stop him taking such a dark path. It is Halt who suggests the solution: Will must take an apprentice. The candidate Halt has in mind surprises everyone and it's a request Will cannot refuse. Training a rebellious, unwilling apprentice is