The spook's tale and other horrors

Delaney, Joseph 1945- (Author). Delaney, Joseph 1945- Spook's tale. (Author).

Summary: 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. . . As sixty-year-old John Gregory reflects on the past, he reveals how the world of ghosts, ghasts, witches, and boggarts was exposed to him and he later became the Spook, even though his first intention had been to join the priesthood. And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061730313 (paperback)
ISBN: 9780061730306 (library binding)
ISBN: 9780061730283 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
P.166 : ill ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published in 2009 in Great Britain by The Bodley Head under the title: The spook's tale.
Formatted Contents Note:	The horrors begin -- The spook's tale -- The dead apprentice -- The witch's lair -- A spook's bones -- The blood dish -- The silver chain -- Alice's tale -- Mouldheels and maggots -- Grimalkin's tale -- The witch assassin -- The gallery of villains.