Ranger's Apprentice #2: The Burning Bridge

For years, the Kingdom of Araluen has prospered, with the evil lord Morgarath safely behind the impassable mountains. Its people have felt secure. but the scheming hand of the dark lord has not been idle…on a special mission for the rangers, Will and his friend Horace, an apprentice knight, travel to a neighboring village and discover the unsettling truth: All the villagers have either been slain or captured. but why? Could it be that Morgarath has finally devised a plan to bring his legions over the supposedly insurmountable pass? if so, the king's army is in imminent danger of being crushed in a fierce ambush. And Will and Horace are the only ones who can save them.