All good fantasy books have 3 main points: the hero, the villain and the mistress in distress. I have already talked in length about the hero, Will the ranger. Now It's time to focus on the villain and the Alyss. In book 5, the villain, Keren, took over Macindaw and kidnapped the princess, Alyss, and locked her in a tower. Sounds Cheesy? Well, it is. But it works. And Keren has this stone he uses on his prisoners to get information on his enemy. Upon hearing this Will, being an expert archer, shoots an arrow with a gem that will counter act Keren's gem.
"Did you se them?" he askedd.
Suddenly, she felt the urge to answer truthfully. To say, "Yes. I saw them. They were signals." She stroked the stellatite, felt the compulsion recede as her resolve strengthened.
"No," she said, and her heart leapt. She had broken his hold over her. (Loc 796)
This quote shows how reliable will is. I'm now at the highest part of the rising actions of this book, almost at the climax, or the big battle. The tension is so great.
Flanagan, John. Ranger's Apprentice: The Siege of Macindaw: Book 6. New York: Philomel, 2008.
