TY - BOOK AU - Flanagan,John TI - The icebound land T2 - Ranger's apprentice SN - 9781864719062 (paperback) U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2009/// CY - North Sydney, N.S.W. PB - Random House Australia KW - Combat KW - Fiction KW - Captives KW - Araluen (Imaginary place) KW - Skandia (Imaginary place) KW - Warlords KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Young adult fiction KW - Rescues KW - Apprentices KW - Quests (Expeditions) KW - Slavery KW - Knights and knighthood KW - Fantasy KW - Magic KW - fast KW - Heroes KW - Young adults KW - Children's fantasy fiction KW - Teen fantasy fiction KW - Children's stories KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Children's fiction KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - Children's stories, Australian KW - Juvenile works KW - gsafd N1 - Previous ed.: Milsons Point, N.S.W. : 2005; For children aged 8-14 years N2 - The Ranger's apprentice is about to be sold into slavery - but help can arrive from the most unexpected places . . . Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as the captives of the fearsome Skandian wolfship captain, Erak. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise - even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers, Halt is joined by Horace as he travels through Gallica towards Skandia. On their way, they are constantly challenged by freelance knights - otherwise known as thieving thugs. Horace knows a thing or two about combat, though, and he soon begins to attract the attention of knights and warlords for miles around with his uncanny skill. But will they be in time to rescue Will from a life of slavery? The third book in the Australian and New York Times mega-selling Ranger's Apprentice series ER -