Joseph Delaney

A dangerous few months lie ahead, ones which some of us will be hard-pressed to survive....

Wulf has left behind his life in the monastery and is now the apprentice to Spook Johnson, assisting him in protecting the county from denizens of the dark - which mainly involves Wulf acting as bait....

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle....

The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others....

It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke....

Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye....

He's the seventh son of a seventh son. He's the only one who can stop the greatest evil....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney, read by Lee Ingleby....

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil....

Tom Ward is now spook of the county, and with his apprentice, Jenny, he continues the fight against boggarts, witches, and terrifying new creatures of the dark....

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark....

Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts....

As the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward's first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures....

Alice is the most powerful witch the county has ever seen. She may one day be the most evil. But Alice is also the best friend - and true love - of Tom Ward. Together they work to defeat the Fiend....

The dark is full of terrifying creatures. And Tom Ward - the seventh son of a seventh son, and the Spook's last apprentice - hasn't seen all of them....

Wulf must face his greatest enemy yet - and this time, he's all alone....

Nobody enters here after dark. Come back in the morning... if you're still breathing....

Thomas and his apprentice, Jenny, must team up with former rivals and enemies to fight the evil Kobalos warriors intent on destroying the county....

Years have passed since Wulf and Tilda vanished from the County. Alice and Tom have given up hope of ever seeing them again—until a terrible enemy from the past forces them to take drastic action, and reach out through time in a bid for help....

Welcome to Arena 13. Here warriors fight. Death is never far away....