The Burning Bridge

Will, Horace and the Ranger Gilan travel to Celtica and find the villages empty. Gilan rides back to warn King Duncan, and the two boys follow a Wargal force. Along the way they meet Evanlyn, who is really Princess Cassandra. The three discover Morgarath is building a bridge across the Fissure to trap the king's army on the Plains of Uthal. Will burns the bridge, but he and Evanlyn are captured by Skandians. In the battle, Horace challenges Morgarath to single combat and kills him. With their master gone, the Wargals stop being a threat. Halt arrives too late: the Skandians have already sailed off with Will and Cassandra to sell them as slaves.

1. Behind the scenesHonored in Australia

   The Burning Bridge was a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, like The Ruins of Gorlan and The Sorcerer of the North.

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2. Behind the scenesAround the world

   The book came out in Swedish and Polish in 2007, Turkish in 2010 and Japanese in 2012.

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3. ReferenceWho Evanlyn is

   The girl Will and Horace meet in Celtica is really Princess Cassandra, King Duncan's daughter, hiding under another name.

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4. ReferenceHorace's payoff

   The boy who struggled at Battleschool in The Ruins of Gorlan challenges Morgarath to single combat and wins.

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