' Someone has to stand against the dark. & you're the only one who can.' 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? The first chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles. ...

' Someone has to stand against the dark. & you're the only one who can.' 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? The first chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...

' Pendle District is riddled with witches.. . The biggest problem we face is their sheer numbers. You see that's right at the heart of the threat we face
- that the witch clans might unite.' In Pendle the witches are rising & the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together they will be capable of raising the dark made flesh
- the Devil himself. Tom & the Spook need to set off for Pendle to avert the unthinkable. Before they go the Spook tells Tom to journey home & collect the trunks Mam left behind for him. But what dark family secrets are contained in the trunks? & will they place Tom's family in even greater danger? The fourth chilling installment of The Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore.

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My name is John Gregory. What follows is my Bestiary
- my personal account of the denizens of the dark I've encountered together
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Time is running out for Thomas Ward. His final battle against the Fiend is drawing near & the Spook's apprentice has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated & afraid the Fiend is set to send the greatest of his servants against him
- Siscoi a Vampire God more ferocious than anything he has yet faced. Tom must risk his life to prevent the evil beast from entering this world even as he learns that the final destruction of the Fiend may involve a sacrifice more terrible than he can imagine... This is the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son" starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore."
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How many times have you told me that the dark's getting stronger in this town? What terrible force makes good men inflict such atrocities or stand by & let them happen?.. . Aye the Bane is to blame & the Bane must be stopped now.' The Spook & his apprentice Thomas Ward have travelled to Priestown to defeat 'the Bane' a powerful evil creature that lurks in the catacombs of the cathedral & is corrupting the County. As Thomas & his master prepare to battle with the Bane they soon realize it isn't their only enemy in Priestown. The Quisitor has arrived searching the County for those who meddle with the dark
- witches warlocks & spooks! Can Thomas & his master survive the horror that follows.. .? The series that inspired the forthcoming movie Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore.
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WARNING: NOT TO BE READ AFTER DARK ' You belong to the blade now. You'll belong to it until the day you die.. .' The Spook Tom & Alice travel to Ireland fleeing from the war in the County. There Tom must tackle a group of evil mages who are desperate to rid their land of the Spook & his apprentice & to increase their own dark powers. His dangerous mission against the mages leads Tom to the Destiny Blade
- a sword with a dark side & a thirst for blood.. . Will this new weapon give him a fighting chance against the Fiend? If he's to survive he'll need training & only one person can help
- Grimalkin the witch assassin. The dark against the dark.. . The eighth volume in the terrifying Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore.

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' The moment of danger is close. Very soon our enemies will be here.' As danger increases the Spook sends his apprentice Tom to be trained by another spook whose methods are harsh & tough. But faced with a powerful water witch Tom's new master makes a fatal mistake leaving Tom to face his enemies alone. Can the Spook get there in time to save Tom? Together can they beat such terrible dark power? & will the Spook's own mistakes give final victory to the dark? The fifth chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...

'I stood there terrified. My master was about to die.' The County is facing dark days. But for the Spook it is the nights that are darkest. Having always stood against evil he is now haunted by vivid terrifying dreams. Dreams that seem to be more like premonitions.. . With his precious library burned to the ground & his arch rival Bony Lizzie free again things are falling apart. As nightmares turn real are the Spook's powers waning
- just when he needs them the most? Can Tom the Spook's apprentice face the dark alone? The seventh chilling installment in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore.
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' Witches Mam? We've made an alliance with witches?' As the Spook's apprentice Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece to rise up against one of the Old Gods the Ordeen. Mam has summoned a powerful group to fight but among them are the Pendle witches. Can Tom go against all the Spook has taught him & ally himself with the enemy? What is the secret that Mam is keeping from Tom? & what sacrifices must be made in the battle against the dark? The sixth chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...