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Published in the UK as "The Spook's Secret". Book 3 of The Wardstone chronicles.

As the weather grows colder and the nights draw in, the Spook and his apprentice Tom Ward must be even more vigilant in their battles against the boggarts, witches, and ghosts roaming the county. When they... read more

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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 is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches, binds boggarts, and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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 is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches, binds boggarts, and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. Tom doesn't know who the stranger is or what he wants, but the Spook suddenly decides it's time to leave Chipenden and travel to Anglezarke, his winter house. Tom has heard it will be a bleak, forbidding place, and that there are menacing creatures starting to stir somewhere on the moors nearby.

Can anything prepare Tom for what he finds there? What if the rumors about the evil beast called the Golgoth are true? And how much danger will Tom be in if the secrets the Spook has been trying to hide from the world are fully revealed?

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It was a cold, dark November night, and Alice and I were sitting by the kitchen fire with my master, the Spook.

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This is book 3 of 17 in The Last Apprentice. (standard series)

Preceded by Curse of the Bane, and followed by Attack of the Fiend.

This is book 42 of 159 in Fantasy Book Review Top 100 fantasy books of all time. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Joseph Delaney (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator)
  2. Chad W. Beckerman (Designer)
  3. Paul Zakris (Designer)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: UK
Publication Date: Aug-2008
ISBN: 0060766263
Page Count: 528

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Revenge of the Witch
  • The Spook's Tale
  • Clash of the Demons
  • Night of the Soul Stealer
  • Curse of the Bane
  • Attack of the Fiend
  • The Ruins of Gorlan

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Revenge of the Witch
  • Curse of the Bane
  • Revenge of the Witch
  • The Spook's Tale
  • Curse of the Bane

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