5-10-11 The Emperor of Nihan-Ja by John Flanagan - Fiction

5 - As the 10th book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Emperor of Nihan-Ja carries on the wonderful characterization and suspenseful military and moral plots that Flanagan started way back with the Ruins of Gorlan. I love that this is actually a young reader series and yet can hold an adult's attention. The military tactics and the veiled references to other cultures such as the Norse, the Arabic, and the Oriental are fabulous and hopefully will get a new generation interested in history. These are the joys of fantasy books based on reality. Anyway, on the cover of this book, instead of having "Book 10" it says "The Final Battle." I'm hoping that's not true that this will be the last Ranger's Apprentice novel but if it is this is a worthy finish.