The Spook's Apprentice: Book 1 (The Wardstone Chronicles)

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Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher. He has three children and nine grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends.

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"The Spook's trained many, but precious few completed their time," Mam said, "and those that did aren't a patch on him. They're flawed or weak or cowardly. They walk a twisted path taking money for accomplishing little. So there's only you left now, son. You're the last chance. The last hope.

Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before him. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the County, the horror begins . . .

Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire. His Home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

Daniel Weyman's theatre credits include As You Like It at the Crucible Theatre and Julius Caesar at the Barbican. In 2006, he was nominated for the TMA Best Actor award for the lead role in Nicholas Nickleby at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He has also appeared in many television programmes including teh BBC's BAFTA-winning Dunkirk.