Joseph Delaney

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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

One witch is the most feared, the most ruthless, and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don't stand a chance....

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

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....

The Spook, Tom and Alice travel to Ireland, fleeing from the war in the County....

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

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....

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

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

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

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....

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