The Siege of Macindaw

Infobox Book
name = The Siege of Macindaw


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author = John Flanagan
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country = Australia
language = English
series = Ranger's Apprentice
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publisher = Random House (Australia)
pub_date = May 1, 2007
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 331
isbn = ISBN 1741661347
preceded_by = The Sorcerer in the North
followed_by = Erak's Ransom

"The Siege of Macindaw" is the sixth book in the continuing "Ranger's Apprentice" series by John Flanagan. This book was released in May 2007.

This is the sixth book in the series "Ranger's Apprentice". John Flanagan wrote this series for his son to show him that you can be a hero even if you are small. The books in reading order are: The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, The Icebound Land, Oakleaf Bearers, The Sorcerer in the North, The Siege of Macindaw, Erak's Ransom and the soon to come Kings of Clomnel.

Plot summary

The Siege of Macindaw begins with Will meeting the shipwrecked Skandian party from book 5, The Sorcerer in the North. They are offered money for their services and are useful as bodyguards. Halt, Will's former mentor and Crowley send Horace to help, and together, Will and Horace manage to kill a Scotti talking party, apart from the leader and two soldiers. They scare the leader out of his wits by using lights and chemicals to make figures like the Night Warrior to get important information. They find out the time and how many people are going to take part in the invasion. Alyss has been mesmerized by Orman's evil cousin with a blue stone, but when Will sends Alyss a stone that they believe is (but actually isn't) starstone from outer space, Alyss is able to resist the powers. They send messages using the code taught to all members of the ranger corps and diplomatic service and eventually, the group manage to get Will, Horace and a few Skandians below a siege tower. They make a wheelbarrow-like machine to wheel over to the castle. It collapses, according to plan, and the Skandians pretend to run away. When the defenders, mostly bandits and murderers, believe that there are no people on the siege tower, there are fireworks and other displays on another wall. When all the focus is on that wall, Will and Horace, who had been under the tower, put ladders up onto the wall. Later, the Skandians run and manage to climb the ladder. They slaughter the defenders but Will goes up the tower, carefully, to avoid defenders' attacks, to get to Alyss. There, Alyss is mesmerized by Keren. Keren tells her to kill Will if he hurts Keren in any way. Will doesn't want to shoot Alyss, but he knows that he has to kill Keren. Will tells Alyss "I love you", the spell is broken and after a fight between Will and Orman's cousin, Will is losing but Alyss throws some acid that Will gave her earlier at Orman's cousin, killing him as he falls out the window of the tower room.

Later, many soldiers of Norgate Fief come to Macindaw to help defend but the solders return to norgate fief, leaving the Skandians to defend. Will goes back to Seacliff Fief and marries Alyss.