YALSA Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". School Library Journal . Retrieved 4 October 2012. Judd Brinscall: a spook and former apprentice of John Gregory who primarily worked in Romania before moving to Caster to take up the late Arkwright's place. The Spook and his apprentice protect the County from the dark; but not a terrible danger threatens. The witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting to conjure an unimaginable evil âeuro;' the Devil himself. If they succeed; will Tom and his master have the courage to defeat the most powerful enemy of all . . . ? The Last Apprentice: The Seventh Apprentice - A novella featuring the Spook's seventh apprentice, a boy named Will Johnson) (2015) Are there benign withes who belong to the dark and others who don’t?(Agnes Sowerbutts is considered to be a benign witch but she is known to use the dark, such as the nail biting thing, but Mam is benign a witch who doesn’t use the dark apart from mirrors. In other words can you be a benign witch without belonging to the dark?)

The BiblioFiles: Joseph Delaney" (PDF). Cotsen Children's Library. Princeton University Library. 18 April 2009 . Retrieved 18 August 2022. The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors – A collection of four short stories [ The Spook's Tale; Alice's Tale; Grimalkin's Tale; A Gallery of Villains]; this is a USA-released compilation incorporating the earlier published The Spook's Tale. – 2009 Does belonging to the dark mean you use dark magic or is it if you are born as a witch you belong to the Dark?(Mam is witch but John Gregory says she belongs to the light) The series is known by many different names: The Spook's Books, The Spook's Series, Spook's, The Spook's Apprentice Series, The Wardstone Chronicles and finally, the US editions, The Last Apprentice due to potentially American racial slang. The first book in the series, The Spook's Apprentice, was released as a movie adaption in 2015: The Seventh Son. Gregory kills Tusk in battle by stabbing him through the forehead. Tom manages to "kill" Malkin at one point through a combination of his rowan wood staff, the staff's silver-alloy blade, and a furious river. Rowan wood, silver, and running water are all extremely dangerous to witches. However, as an extremely powerful witch, Malkin is able to live on as a dead witch, oozing into people's heads to control them. The Spook advises Tom that a witch can only be truly killed and sent to the Dark (an afterlife for creatures of the Dark and malicious humans roughly analogous to Hell) in one of two ways: either one must eat the witch's heart, or one must burn the witch's body.The books take place from the first-person perspective of many different characters; The Spook, Grimalkin, Alice Deane and most importantly and prolifically Tom Ward. The story follows the life of Tom Ward during his apprenticeship with the Spook and the adventures and creatures he, the Spook and his love interest, Alice encounter.

Bill Arkwright: the Spook for the county north of Caster, and a previous apprentice of John Gregory. He is killed helping the others escape the Ord. Alice Deane: a witch who becomes Tom's closest friend. She is the daughter of Bony Lizzie and the Fiend (the Devil) and an immensely powerful witch who walks the line between good and evil. For years; the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end; but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried. Some floundered; some fled; some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin; the most dangerous witch in the County? Book review: The Spook's Bestiary by Joseph Delaney". Isle of Man Today . Retrieved 4 October 2012. [ permanent dead link]

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The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors - A collection of four short stories [ The Spook's Tale; Alice's Tale; Grimalkin's Tale; A Gallery of Villains]; this is a U.S.-released compilation incorporating the earlier published The Spook's Tale. (2009) Unfortunately, some of the women he imprisons in his cellar are not witches and this causes anger and resentment amongst the locals. Aware that his reputation leaves much to be desired, Spook Johnson hires a scribe, to record his own version of his exploits and thus turn him into a living legend. This scribe is a young noviciate monk from the local Abbey, whose name is Brother Wulf. The Spook's Bestiary - A guidebook to the creatures found in The Wardstone Chronicles universe. Published in the U.S. as The Last Apprentice - The Spook's Bestiary: The Guide to Creatures of the Dark. (2010) In any way, Mr. Delaney, keep your good spirits up, I press my thumbs for a successful launch of the new series and stay healthy!