The Tournament at Golan is the first "prequel" book to Ranger's Apprentice. Things seemed to be going well, but I expected it would not work out. (After all, doesn't this need to set up the background of the villain?) In the book, an usurper to the thrown has had somebody masquerade as the crown prince in order to discredit him. He has also "dismissed" the Rangers that live in villages, and appointed "pretty boys" in their stead. (Often the dismissals were justified by some trumped-up false accusations.) The book centers around two rangers going around trying to gather up the dismissed apprentices to confront the bad player. In the end there is a big battle, the bad guy cheats, and the good guys have a chance to kill him. They don't. They do confine him to his castle with his army. However, they sneak out through underground tunnel. I'm guessing these will be the "bad guys" through the rest of the series.
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