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The Invaders (Brotherband Chronicles #2)

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The adventure continues in the Ranger's Apprentice companion trilogy!

Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But their celebration comes to an abrupt end when the Skandians' most sacred artifact, the Andomal, is stolen--and the Herons...more

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Published May 1st 2012 by Philomel (first published April 26th 2012)

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Mar 19, 2013 Aaron Martens rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have recently just finished this book and I have to say it was amazing and had a lot of action. The first book didn’t have a lot of action except when Hal the main character and the leader of the Wolf brotherband got into a fist fight ending up with Hal winning. At first I thought Erak was going to be furious at them trying to retrieve Skandia’s stolen treasure the Andomel , but instead he sent out Svengal to help them beat Zavac the pirate who stole it.

It was very nice of Hal to give Thorn...more I have recently just finished this book and I have to say it was amazing and had a lot of action. The first book didn’t have a lot of action except when Hal the main character and the leader of the Wolf brotherband got into a fist fight ending up with Hal winning. At first I thought Erak was going to be furious at them trying to retrieve Skandia’s stolen treasure the Andomel , but instead he sent out Svengal to help them beat Zavac the pirate who stole it.

It was very nice of Hal to give Thorn a fake arm with a hook so he could fight again and live life to the fullest like the real one was still there. I hated Zavac because he attacked a ship with innocent people who he killed including the captain who he tortured over the location of pure emeralds. It got even worse because he attacked the town and killed everyone including a new character Lydia’s grandfather. She was an expert hunter and got out of the town even though she tried desperately to save her grandfather.

When Hal found her she was dehydrated, but alive and he took her back to the town. Hal found their guard leader and gave them his plan on how to take back the town. He had built a giant crossbow that fired bolts and fire bolts. In a great display of courage they attacked the town and killed most of Zavac’s men, but not in time to stop him from leaving. Stig was very amusing though during this time because he knocked the leader of the guard out cold for not giving him the men he needed because this guard was stuck up.

I was glad Lydia decided to come with them in the end since the new mayor who was the former guard leader claimed he “was” going to marry her which was a lie. So in the end he must’ve had quite a surprise when she left. I felt it was fair Hal and the Heron’s got cheered on for getting revenge, but failing to get the Andomel. At the end they set out once more to get Zavac and retrieve the Andomel. In my opinion this was the best book out of the whole series. I hope this review interests you to read it also!
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Aug 03, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, history, fantasy, children

Second in the Brotherband Chronicles fantasy series for kids revolving around Hal Mikkelson and his young crew aboard the Heron.

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Excellent! I don't wanna hafta wait for The Hunters (expected publishing date is Oct 30, 2012)!!

Flanagan brings a nice depth to this story with a good bit of tension and he has the knack of telling a story with morals and adult guidance without talking down to his readers. Yes, there is violence when the boys have to fight, but it's not violence for its own sake...more

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Jun 30, 2012 David rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, kids-fiction, young-adult

In The Invaders (Brotherband Chronicles #2) by John Flanagan, the crew of the Heron discover that they will be helped, not hunted, by their elders. They discover Zavac and his pirates and attempt to rescue a town, and recover the sacred artifact, the Andomal.

**SPOILERS AHEAD!**

There are lots of similarities to the Ranger's Apprentice series. Key Brotherband characters are very similar types, with Hal being the young hero - like Will, Stig the loyal fighter and friend - like Horace, and Thorn the...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Karen Yingling rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hal is the son of an Araluen slave woman who was freed by her husband Mikkel, who was unfortunately killed in battle. Hal is chosen to be in the Brotherband training group in his town of Hallasholm, where Erak the Oberjarl is headquartered. He has good skills with boats, his friend Stig, and a faithful (is disheveled) retainer in Thorn, who despite his years of debauchery was once the fiercest of the Skandians. When the snotty Tursgud, as skirl, refuses to take Hal into his group, and the other...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Barb Middleton rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Book one ends with Hal and his crew of sailors fleeing in disgrace from the city they grew up in order to retrieve the Andromal, the sacred artifact of the Skandians, that was stolen by pirates when Hal's crew was supposedly guarding it (they fell asleep). Hal knows that they will be pursued and dragged back home to be punished for leaving the city. They flee under cover of a storm and find a sheltered inlet where Thorn, an adult Skandian warrior who came with on the crew, begins training them o...more Book one ends with Hal and his crew of sailors fleeing in disgrace from the city they grew up in order to retrieve the Andromal, the sacred artifact of the Skandians, that was stolen by pirates when Hal's crew was supposedly guarding it (they fell asleep). Hal knows that they will be pursued and dragged back home to be punished for leaving the city. They flee under cover of a storm and find a sheltered inlet where Thorn, an adult Skandian warrior who came with on the crew, begins training them on how to fight like warriors. The young boys are no match for pirates and the training is intense. When they discover a girl, Lydia, in a boat adrift at sea they find out that the pirates they are seeking have taken over her town and are pillaging it of emeralds found in a nearby mine. Hal must put together a plan to defeat the pirates and give the town back to the villagers.

Flanagan loves weapons and shines when describing the use and function of them. Hal invents a crossbow that he mounts on his sailing ship, as well as, a way for his sailing ship to go faster in the water. Lydia is an expert using a dart throwing weapon called an atlatl. Flanagan's writing reminds me of nonfiction texts at times. He's good at descriptions, setting and action; less good with interesting word choices and internal character development. He has his usual humor and banter but I didn't think it worked quite as well in this story because it was between adults and boys. Usually he has the banter between adults and if it's with the boys they don't get it half the time and that makes it funnier.

The characters are distinct and have flaws although Hal doesn't really change much from the beginning to the end of the story. Thorn actually changes more becoming the warrior he once was and finding a purpose in his life. Ingvar is interesting as well. His eyesight is so bad that he is almost blind and Thorn teaches him to fight by feel not sight.

Lydia uses darts for a weapon because the crossbows are difficult for women to master since the physical strength necessary to pull them back is lacking in most females. Flanagan is an archer and I like that he is realistic on this point. While I read and see movies where women will perform impossible physical feats and I usually just go with it; it was refreshing to have this aspect presented realistically. That's why I raised my eyebrows when Lydia hits the oil sack on a moving boat with no practice. Would she be able to do that? Also, I found it unbelievable that the adults wouldn't give input into the strategy for attacking the village against the pirates. Hal does all the planning and the adult warriors don't really add anything to it. I would have thought it would be a group effort, not just the one brilliant young kid in the form of Hal, coming up with the entire scheme.

There is plenty of action and violence. They are at war so there is some torture and deaths. The details are not graphic but there are quite a few deaths. An entertaining read.

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May 30, 2012 Gail rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love the Ranger's Apprentice books. I was sad when they ended. This series has some great characters and it is just about as good. It is apparent that Hal is Will. Thorn is Halt. Stig is Horace and now with this book, Lydia joins the crew. In this book, Hal and his crew, along with Thorn are trying to go after the pirate that stole from them while Hal and his team were on watch. They feel in order to be able to return home, they need to find the pirate and get back what he stole. Hal and his t...more

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May 04, 2012 Rhonda rated it 5 of 5 stars

5 STARS
I really enjoy John's books. They are hard to put down
till your finshed. I got the book in the mail yesterday
and stayed up till 2:00 am.
This is book 2 and starts just a few days after book 1 ended
The Herons Brotherband are racing to find the Zavac
the pirates that had stolen the Andomal and brought
thier disgrace.
They are also fleeing from Erak the Oberjarl of Skandia's
who had given them orders to turn all their weapons and
even the Heron's ship. But they sneaked away and
plan to get the a...more

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Mar 12, 2013 William rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-grade-2012

The Invaders is the second book in John Flanagan's new series, Brotherband Chronicles. In this book, the reader continues to follow Hal Mikkelson and his crew, the Herons, as they traverse the seven seas to claim what was stolen from them, the Andomal. As with most other fantasy novels, the hero's journey is never without obstacles and the same holds true for Hal and his crew. The first few weeks out in the open sea has been tough on Heron's crew and they get stranded on an island where they mus...more

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May 27, 2012 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

John Flanagan is a great author, but this book was SO weighed down with detail that I wanted to pull my hair out by the end. All of the nautical references and tidbits about how they turned the boat or changed the sails just annoyed me. Pages and pages of this stuff and I STILL didn't know what he was talking about! Perhaps it's just me. I've never been on any kind of sailboat and so I have nothing to reference it to. Thus, it becomes mumbo-jumbo to my brain.

I really loved the characters in the...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Jeremiah rated it 5 of 5 stars

The second book of this new series by John Flanagan is as great, if not greater, than all his other work. I have read every single book by Flanagan starting with the world acclaimed series the "Ranger's Apprentice". I started reading his book two years ago catching up to his writings multiple times. And then I was so disappointed when the Ranger's Apprentice world along with the stunning characters retired. Then my heart pounded with excitement when I saw the first book of the "Brotherband Chron...more

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May 16, 2012 Jackie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, pirates, good-vs-evil, ya-fiction

As we left The Outcasts: Brotherband Chronicles Book #1, Hal and his crew aboard The Heron won the Brotherband Competition. As part of the honor, Oberjarl Erak Starfollower, gave the crew the prestigious duty of guarding Skandia's most treasured artifact, The Andomal. Whether it was complacency, carelessness, or naivety, the treasure was stolen under their watch. Now, they must get it back from bloodthirsty pirate Zavac and his crew on The Raven and they must do it to save face and be honored on...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Jonathan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, fantasy-sci-fi-challenge, favourite-series, humorous, children-s-literature, new-ya-books-challenge, australian

As a YA novel The Invaders is intelligent, entertaining and top of its class. As a novel to recommend for anyone looking for a purely entertaining read it's very worthwhile. John Flanagan, author of the brilliant Rangers Apprentice series (see The Ruins of Gorlan one which both I, my mother and my sister - the readers in our house - love) continues the adventures of his young Skandian sailors as they set out to retrieve an artefact lost on their watch and hence their honour.

John Flanagan writes...more
As a YA novel The Invaders is intelligent, entertaining and top of its class. As a novel to recommend for anyone looking for a purely entertaining read it's very worthwhile. John Flanagan, author of the brilliant Rangers Apprentice series (see The Ruins of Gorlan one which both I, my mother and my sister - the readers in our house - love) continues the adventures of his young Skandian sailors as they set out to retrieve an artefact lost on their watch and hence their honour.

John Flanagan writes in a manner that is particularly appealing to me personally. I think it has something to do with the mixture of classier words and terms and his easy-going style: he certainly has got the laid-back Australian manner down in his writing. I suspect if I were to compare this to other average YA novels however that the lexicon would prove more advanced, that the language would prove more sophisticated in its elegant construction than those. In fact the wonder of this novel is that I know many younger children who can read these novels and still get plenty out of them. It's remarkable to think that the language in this is perhaps far more advanced than The Hunger Games. Likely only content at this point would separate a ten year old from reading The Hunger Games over this for its simplicity. Although that said The Invaders does feature pirates torturing a captive (although only the after effects are described) and far more deaths than The Hunger Games. Although of course the difference is that in this all the deaths are typically villainous pirates who deserve to die for their evil misdeeds.

On the whole this is a YA novel that appears unassuming but is a very entertaining read. In fact I'd rate John Flanagan's entire writing collection (Rangers Apprentice and Brotherband series combined) as some of the finest in YA and modern children's writing in general. If you have ten year-olds to 18 year-olds (particularly boys, but my sister proves that girls will like these) who are looking for a fun fantasy read that's humorous, less taxing than The Hobbit but in the same spirit of medieval style adventure then have a look at these books.(less)

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May 05, 2013 Sue rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, fantasy

This second instalment in the Brotherband series just makes me hungry for the next book, The Hunters!
John Flanagan has an easy, descriptive, exciting style that makes it very easy for the reader to be transported to the land of Skandia and the seafaring crew of the Heron. Hal Mikkelson and his crew of outcasts are hot on the trail of the pirate ship Raven, after the pirates stole the precious Andomal - a important relic from their village of Hallasholm. Hal and his Brotherband are seeking redem...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Alec S. rated it 5 of 5 stars

The invaders
John Flanagan
429 pages
Realistic/historical fiction

Hal and the herons were supposed to protect the Adomal, the skandians greatest treasure but the herons slacked off and had it stolen. The pirates of the raven stole it, and now the herons have to take it back, so they aren't outcasts the rest of their lives. The herons go on a chase after the raven and finally catch the ship, but had to make a choice. To save a sinking ship, or take the Adomal back. They chose to save the ship.

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Nov 05, 2012 Randy Daugherty rated it 5 of 5 stars

Brotherband the Invaders.
Hal and the crew of the Heron had won the trial and title of Brotherband and then loss face when a band of pirates lead by Zavac stole the most important of the Skandian symbols the Andomal.
Vowing not to return until they retrieved it the boys along with Thorn set out to track Zavac.
The voyage is hard and along the way they start to fall apart but are pulled back together with the help of Hal and Thorn as their battlemaster.
They are reminded that they won the Brotherband...more

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Jul 21, 2012 Yvonne Boag rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

Book two takes place almost immediately after book one ended. The Brotherhood are on the trail of Zavac and what he stolen from their people. Zavac on the other hand has discovered that the people of Limmat have found an emerald mine, he invades and takes control of the town. While the Brotherhood are picking up supplies they come across a young woman in a boat. Lydia has come from the town of Limmat and tells them what has happened, Hal and the brotherhood decide that this is the best way to co...more

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Dec 10, 2012 04HeatherS rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 9th-grade-book-reviews

The BrotherBand Chronicles: The Invaders By John Flanagan Published 2011
This book is intended for young adults. The Main issue of the book is to track down the thief and pirate Zavac who stole Scandia's most prized possession the andomal. With the story being in the medieval time period it could take no better time period. The main "good guy" is Hal a sixteen year old boy that is very short and small for his age, but what he lacks in height and strength he makes up for in wits. The main "bad guy...more

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May 30, 2012 Cinnamon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, consequences, coming-of-age, epic, exploration, friendship, guy-lit, historical-fiction, middle-ages, perserverance, sailing, series, traveling, vikings, war-stories, young-adult

Brotherband just keeps getting better!! And, of course, Vikings (or Skandians) make everything a little more fun!

Hal and the crew of the Heron are on the run. Since a treasured relic was stolen from the Skandians (a treasure that the Heron Broherband was supposed to be guarding), they have been sailing after the pirates that changed their lives. The boys are determined to recover the treasure and salvage their good names.
The first part of the story deals with more training as the boys wait out...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Marj rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

A thoroughly engrossing read for boys especially. Full of swashbuckling adventure, the action is balanced by a calm before the storm; a time of ennui sometimes suffered by teens between the peaks of action. There's so much to learn from this book - how to treat your mates, what honour means, not to judge a book by its cover - all within a boys' own adventure. Enid Blyton used to get rid of all the adults so that the kids can make all the decisions; John Flanagan has left them one mentor, albeit...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Miffy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, australian, history, humour, relationships, speculative-fiction, ya, yr

Another fabulous instalment of the Brotherband Chronicles from master storyteller, John Flanagan.
After the disastrous ending in The Outcasts (no spoilers here - you'll just have to read it for yourself) Hal and the crew of the Heron are in total disgrace. The only way to regain the respect of the village and the Oberjarl is to put to sea, and make right the wrong that they have created.
Flanagan is just so very, very good at what he does. Great characters, twisty plots, interesting ideas and comm...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Aamir K. rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Invaders
John Flanagan
science fiction
432 pages

Hal and his crew continue traveling on the ocean to reclaim the andomal from a pirate. Along the way, the encounter a girl who was on a boat and had lost the oars. They saved her and herd her story, It turns out that this girl is a hunter and was running fro the same pirate that the Herons were after. The crew takes her back ashore after gathering their weapons, hoping to find the thief that stole their countries most famous artifact. The girl int...more The Invaders
John Flanagan
science fiction
432 pages

Hal and his crew continue traveling on the ocean to reclaim the andomal from a pirate. Along the way, the encounter a girl who was on a boat and had lost the oars. They saved her and herd her story, It turns out that this girl is a hunter and was running fro the same pirate that the Herons were after. The crew takes her back ashore after gathering their weapons, hoping to find the thief that stole their countries most famous artifact. The girl introduces the herons to her friends, also a group of hunters. At first they almost kill the herons because they believe they are pirates Since they are carrying weapons. They all make an alliance to defeat Zavac, the evil pirate. Hal also creates some more oars and a better weapon on his ship to help them kill zavac. But soon, Eraks men come, not to stop Hal but to help him. So after many alliances, they all get ready to defeat Zavac, but to get to him, they must breach a wall. The all go and take down both towers. Meanwhile, at zavacs ship, He is torturing men whom they defeated, making them lose fingers toes eyes ears and limbs. But being a master pirate, Zavac learns about how the skandians plan to take back the andomal. Hearing this, he flees. The herons sadly watch him go while they also plan on following. So they all get into their ships and sail, right behind the Herons.

I think that Herons will catch zavac and fight to get the andomal back. I also think that someone will die because of the fighting. Plus, Hal might come up with another genius invention Becuase He is a genius
( Like me! ) I think that throughout teamwork, Hal's brains and the strength of all the warriors, they will get the andomal back and return to their country with it, therefore returning their honor while Zavac will be in Jail until He dies, ( I hope ). I also think that along the way, Hal will make new alliances with other groups of warriors that are hunting down Zavac for taking something that is very important to them and their country. I think Hal is a really great leader ( Like me! ) and that he knows how to cooperate and make good plans and weapons. I also think that Hal might learn more about his past and his father and how he died. I think it might have been Zavac who killed Hal's father.
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Aug 12, 2012 Skip rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Hal and his rogue gang from the Heron brotherband, assisted by Thorn, set off on Hal's boat to recover the Skandian's treasured Andomal from the pirate Zavac, which was stolen due to Hal's mistake. Zavac and his crew on the Raven capture a ship and torture the captain to reveal that a port town (Limmat) has an emerald mine. Capturing the city by subterfuge, a few locals escape to the marsh, including the beautiful, resourceful Lydia, who is rescued by Hal and his crew. The oberjarl sends off a t...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Phoebe rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure-ya, adventure, fantasy, ya

Flanagan continues his new series, picking up right where book 1 left off, with Hal and the rest of the Heron crew on the trail of The Raven and the stolen Skandian treasure. Thorn becomes battle trainer for the boys, and his secret comes out, giving him more credibility and a new sense of self. When the pirates hear of a hidden emerald mine in a nearby village, they take the town and hold it while looting the mine; Hal and his crew intend to stop them. New character Lydia offers a little romant...more

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May 10, 2012 Kathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-may-2012

This was even better than THE OUTCASTS. The Herons must recover the Andomal (Skandia's most sacred artifact) which has been stolen by Zavac, a pirate. Taking their boat, they follow the pirate thief to a town whose secret emerald mine he has discovered. The pirates have overwhelmed the town, and our heroes, greatly outnumbered by the pirates, must find a way to rescue the town as well as their treasure.

Each of the boys experiences events or circumstances that require them to begin taking on a mo...more

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May 29, 2012 Kristen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, fantasy, middle-grade

This action-packed fantasy novel about a young group of shipmates who are out to recover a stolen artifact will probably sit well with young fans of Flanagan, since it has all the major ingredients still intact: a squeaky clean action/adventure fantasy story with no magic, just set in a different world. I found myself not enjoying it nearly as much as I did the first book in the series, though - maybe I wasn't in the mood for it, since I noticed a lot of writing that felt clunky, and a lot of te...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, school-books-kid-books, teen-lit-and-i-love-it

This loses one star for the violence, which isn't awful, but my 11-yr-old felt it needed to go down because of it. In fact, said 11-yr-old and I were fighting over this book the entire time. We even resorted to hiding it from each other. He took it to bed a couple of times to read under the blankets with a flashlight and I'd have to go in there and "confiscate" it...you know, because he's not supposed to stay up late....not because I wanted to read it.

Another great installment. This series is a...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Melodee rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am really enjoying these book. You jsut have to remeber that they are written for young boys, so there's a lot of adventure and battle. But I love the themes that constantly come up with this author. Good principles of hard work, and working together, and looking past the outward handicaps to find value in anyone and everyone. These characters feel so real, becaus they do get annoyed and frustrated at each other and their situations. But they work at finding solutions. I'm happy to have my son...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Jess rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Brotherband Chronicles is another fantastic series from Flanagan, though I think I still prefer the Ranger's Apprentice series. (Probably just because I read it first.)

I was glad to see the strong female role was finally filled in this book - Hal's mother was great, but she's not a central character. With the addition of Lydia to the cast in this book, Flanagan once again writes strong, independent, intelligent females that aren't overbearing and don't have a superior attitude. Too often wom...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Travis Berketa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So Hal and the boys of the Heron Brotherband have set off after the pirate Zavac and his crew onboard the Raven to return the sacred Skandian relic, The Andomal.

I like the way this book was broken up into sections, where Flanagan attempts to develop the characters a little more; although I must say that the main character that seems to develop in this book is that of Thorn, the former three-time Maktig (he's the only person to ever make it three-times as the Skandian's most fearsome/skilled warr...more So Hal and the boys of the Heron Brotherband have set off after the pirate Zavac and his crew onboard the Raven to return the sacred Skandian relic, The Andomal.

I like the way this book was broken up into sections, where Flanagan attempts to develop the characters a little more; although I must say that the main character that seems to develop in this book is that of Thorn, the former three-time Maktig (he's the only person to ever make it three-times as the Skandian's most fearsome/skilled warrior).

Hal, the leader of the Herons, doesn't really develop any more, with the same running "joke" that seems to happen throughout all the books becoming a little annoying - that is, Hal always needing to check the finer details of his plans. However, Hal manages to invent a large crossbow, called The Mangler, and sets it on his ship, as well as making a couple of new 'limbs' for Thorn's missing hand; one is an all purpose hook, the other a club to use in battle.

The first section of the book was pretty much about the boys training. It made the boys see Thorn in a different light, as most them were only aware that he was a town drunk, with very few actually knowing that he was a former Maktig. I liked the way Flanagan explained the training exercises and the way he showed the giant, blind boy, Ingvar's persistence to learn the new skills, by training by himself at night, even though it was more difficult for him.

The second section moves on when the Herons find Lydia, a Limmatian girl, floating around at sea in a small boat. It is here that the boys learn about the Raven having attacked Limmat in a hope to collect a healthy deposit of emeralds from the town's secret emerald mine. It also had the Skandians from the wolfship, Wolfwind, catch up with the Heron, in a bid to assist them in finding Zavac and retrieving The Andomal.

What I couldn't really comprehend was how Hal had managed to come up with a great plan to overcome the pirates who lay siege to the town, with minimal help from the Limmatian or Skandian warriors. How could a boy who had never been at war have such a grasp on war tactics? I thought that with presence of warriors such as Thorn and Svengal, along with the Limmatian partisans, there would be a lot more input into the plans than a bright kid who has never been in a real battle (at sea or on land) and doesn't really know the landscape that well.

However, overlooking that, the third part is the battle for Limmat, which runs somewhat smoothly, although the Heron crew do sustain casualties. I like that Flanagan did not overlook the emotions that the boys, especially Hal, would have felt after seeing one of their crew go down. I think Thorn's casualties of war speech helped show Hal that he was not just a little boy playing war games now, he was in the big leagues.

Another wonderful book overall. I think this book really makes you want the Heron Brotherband to finally catch up with Zavac and deal out whatever punishment they deem necessary. I look forward to concluding this trilogy in The Hunters.(less)

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Sep 06, 2012 Derrick Bjorklund rated it 5 of 5 stars

From the plot to character development John Flanagan has lived up to expectations with the second book in his new series, Brother band Chronicles, when first starting the first book in the series i thought nothing could get close to the succes that his first series enjoyed... i was wrong. I feel that this will be another hit series. Reading his first series,Ranger's Apprentice, will help in understanding locations in the world but is not necessary. The plot is easy to follow and flows nicely. pi...more

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