The Herons take to the high seas to fend off pirates and rescue the heir to an empire in the newest adventure from John Flanagan author of the worldwide bestselling Rangers Apprentice Includes BONUS contenta brandnew Rangers Apprentice short story featuring fanfavorites Will and Maddie In Hallasholm Stig is contesting the annual Maktig competition to decide Skandias greatest warrior. But a latenight knock on the door brings someone Stig never expected to see again along with a request the Herons are hardpressed to refuse a rescue mission of epic proportions. Across the ocean the southern citystate of Byzantos is plagued by a crew of pirates whove kidnapped the son of Empress Justina. Slipping out of Hallasholm under the cover of darkness the brotherband sets sail to recover the boy from his kidnappers heading south to the island of Santorillos where a nearimpenetrable fortress stands atop a cliff surrounded by a lagoona calderaformed by the crater of a volcano. In this explosive seventh book in the actionpacked Brotherband Chronicles the Herons battle pirates amid stormy seas as the fate of an empire rests on their shoulders. show more