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The Outcasts

The Brotherband Chronicles, Book 1

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The Outcasts

By: John Flanagan
Narrated by: John Keating
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In Skandia, there is only one way to become a warrior. Boys are chosen for teams called brotherbands and must endure three months of gruelling training in seamanship, weapons and battle tactics. It's brotherband against brotherband, fighting it out in a series of challenges. There can be only one winner. When Hal Mikkelson finds himself the unwilling leader of a brotherband made up of outcasts, he must step up to the challenge. The Heron brotherband might not have the strength and numbers of the other two teams, but with inventiveness, ingenuity and courage on their side, they might just surprise everyone.

©2011 John Flanagan (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Fantasy Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Having sold millions of his Ranger's Apprentice books all over the world, John Flanagan now has a new series on offer and it is just as swashbuckling and adventurous as his last. Brotherband is set in Skandia - a cold, Viking-inspired country that many of his Rangers' fans know well, but this time with new characters who are just as intriguing." (Deborah Abela, ABC Radio Canberra Drive Show with Louise Maher)
"Ranger fans will lap up this series. There are similarities between Will and Halt relationship and Hal’s connection with his mentor Thorn. No one does adventure like Flanagan, the non-stop action and tension of Brotherband will leave readers wanting more." ( Buzz Word Books)
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I did not like the reader in royal ranger but he was great in this

Absolutely amazing

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I love the books of bother band it’s so fun to listen to and I am so excited for the next book!

Amazing

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the Narration is just not a fluid or as engaging as the previous Rangers Apprentice

Great story shame about the narration

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john flanagan maintains a funny and exciting journey in the mediaval world full of rangers and misting creatures.

first book in brotherband saga is amazing

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Having listened to The Rangers Apprentice series read buy William Zappa I had high expectations. I was used to John Keating around the half way point but I never quite got into it.
little things like pronouncing the Oberjarls name "Ah-rak" as opposed to "Eh-rak" in the way i got used to in Zappa's RA readings.
it's mostly a preference thing I guess. for me, good story, slightly distracting performance.

Good story, not sure about the performance.

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I loved the book and the story the narrator was slightly too posh and slightly annoying and lacked power at times

Herons

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Listening to a narrator that has a different voice for each character, changes voices depending on the scene being described etc… is hard to jump to a narrator that is just reading the words right upside down as they are written, you lose a lot of the immersion that way…
Other than that I love this series, but better read them yourself or find a different narrator…

Narrator to narrator

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Extremely disappointed with the reading of this book. someone teach this dude how to read in sentences 🤦🏻‍♀️

Terribly read.

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The children and I were huge fans of The Ranger's Apprentice series. We loved William Zappa's lively narration. Unfortunately, this narrator bored me to tears. He gives no indication that he appreciated the sentence structure or story line by his tone and pace. Yawn! That will teach me to forget to listen to a sample.....

The narration left me cold.

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