It's a dangerous job but someone has to do it' For years the local Spook kept the county safe from evil But now his time has ended & there is only one boy who can take over
- Thomas Ward barely more than a child himself Now he too must take on an apprentice a girl called Jenny who is untested but willing to be trained in the dangerous life of a Spook When girls start dying in mysterious circumstances they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying & deadly beast Monstrous assassins are loose in the County & far to the north a new darkness is rising that threatens to engulf the whole world Do Tom & Jenny stand a chance against the might of the Kobalos? The first terrifying tale in the Starblade Chronicles from the bestselling author of The Spook's Apprentice