Ranger's Apprentice-Book 7 : Erak's Ransom

     What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men have done so. For Will, a mere boy and apprentice to the most difficult Ranger to please, that symbol of honor has long seemed out of reach. If he is ever to earn it, he must prove himself in ways he never imagined.
     Now, in the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes the word that the Skandian leader, Erak, has been captured by a desert tribe. The Rangers, along with a small party of warriors, are sent to free him. But the desert is nothing like these warriors have seen before. Strangers in a strange land, they are brutalized by sandstorms, beaten by the unrelenting heat, tricked by one tribe that plays by its own rules, and surprisingly befriended by another. Like a mirage, nothing is as it seems.

     Yet one thing is constant : the bravery of the Rangers.


Language
 Damn is used once, "God" is used in various ways 5 times, hell is used twice.

Violence
Rangers take out nomadic assassins, there's a large fight in the village. Flanagan again pulls off realistic battle sequences without being gory or overly violent.

Spiritual Elements
The nomads follow their own religion, based on the "Word of Law". One tribe is called the "Forgotten of God"

Great book! Should be read after book 4, Erak's Ransom I highly recommend! Rated PG for mild violence and language.