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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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. 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. Isolated & afraid 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...
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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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'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. ...

' It's going to be a long hard cruel winter & there couldn't be a worse place to spend it.' As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice Tom hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors & a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master. What does the mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's past catching up with him? & what dangers will Tom face if his master's secrets are revealed? The third chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...

For years the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from ghosts & boggarts but more especially from witches. & here are five dark & terifying witch stories from the Spook's own collection. There are child-eating witches witch assassins Celtic witches dead witches & witches so beautiful they can break a man's heart. ...

A lot of dark stuff happened when I was young that I've never even told to my dearest friend Tom Ward. Dark & scary things I hoped I had left behind for ever.. . Over the years Alice has fought evil side by side with the Spook & his apprentice Thomas Ward. But now Alice is alone
- in the realm of the dark. & the creatures she has helped to banish there now have the chance to take their revenge. Alice must seek the final weapon needed to destroy the Fiend for good. If she fails the world will fall into despair & darkness. If she succeeds it means facing her own death at the hands of her dearest friend. But can she prevent the darkness from overtaking her over completely.. .? The penultimate instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles follows Alice Thomas Ward's loyal companion to the most terrifying place of all.
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