| The Spook's Battle | |
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First edition cover |
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| Author(s) | Joseph Delaney |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Last Apprentice - America |
| Genre(s) | Children's Fiction |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Publication date | 5th July 2007 |
| Pages | 496 |
| ISBN | 0370328922 |
| OCLC Number | 123113636 |
| Preceded by | The Spook's Secret |
| Followed by | The Spook's Mistake |
The Spook's Battle, written by Joseph Delaney, is the fourth story in the series The Wardstone Chronicles. It was released in America in March 2008, and is titled Attack of the Fiend, as the fourth book in The Last Apprentice series.
Mam has returned to her own land, Greece, to try to silence the evil rising there. In a special room in the family farmhouse, she has left behind trunks and boxes only to be opened by her youngest son Tom. Meanwhile, in Pendle, the covens are rising and the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together, they will be capable of raising the dark made flesh - the Devil himself. Tom and the Spook will need to set off for Pendle quickly to avert the unthinkable but first Tom must journey home. Could it be that the boxes will reveal more about his mother's past? And will these powerful secrets place Tom's family in ever greater danger? But when Tom and Alice travel home they find a great horror, Tom's family had been kidnapped, and the kidnapper also took the trunks.
Thomas J. Ward (The main character and the Spook's Apprentice)
Alice Deane(A girl coming from a family of witches and Tom's best friend)
The Spook (Tom's master and a famous Spook)
Mab Mouldheel (A young witch who loves Tom but by the end of the book betrays him)
Grimalkin (A Witch assassin who is known for her scissors and the way she cuts people with them)
Mam (Thomas' mother who goes to battle the dark in her home country)
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