“All the signs are there…and there couldn’t be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke. Random House Audio also produced an abridged version of The Spook's Apprentice which is read by Daniel Weyman. [11][12] The Spook's Apprentice was the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.[13]. Chapter Six Summary: Spooks Jason, trying to impress his classmates, is instrumental in a prank against Mr. Blake, who kept their football when it went into his yard. [1][2] The series consists of four arcs, titled The Wardstone Chronicles, The Starblade Chronicles, Aberrations and Brother Wulf.[3]. OMG! I took the basic idea from Greek Mythology and inflected it making the witches my own. The winter house has secrets that Tom's mentor keeps to himself about his life experiences.

Your dad was worried about you, son, and I am too. It introduces three of the main protagonists, as well as several secondary characters, and is the first of three adventures on the Secret Path.

Once again, Tom returns with the Spook and Alice, as they move down to Angelzarke Moor for winter. It's so wonderful to see how Tom has grown do much since, he became the Spooks apprentice, both physically and mentally. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook suddenly receives an unwelcome visitor. Buy? The Secret Path is the first novel in the Spooksville series. Spook's, published as The Last Apprentice series in the U.S., is a dark fantasy series of books written by British author Joseph Delaney and published in the UK by The Bodley Head division of Random House Publishing. Another good Last Apprentice. In ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’, John Gregory tells Tom Ward – “Never trust a woman!” ‘The Spook’s Secret’ explains why he made those comments and we enter the dangerous world of lamia witches. The Spook's Apprentice series were some of the first audiobooks I listened to; I loved them back then and I love them now. Morgan, the necromancer who tried to summon Golgoth. With Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones. So, Mr Gregory has a lot of untold secret. Can't wait to read the next one! The thirtieth had the potential to be developed into a novel or short story. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. They demand that the British government publish a secret document entitled Aftermath but MI-5 can't find it.

I feel like the writing in terms of narration, plotting, and character building was simply not up to par, especially with how good I thought the second book was. Be the first to ask a question about The Spook's Secret. Not as good as the second book. A noteworthy feature of the U.S.-released books are the illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith; in addition to the cover art, Arrasmith designed pen and ink drawings which precede every chapter in the books. Yes Borrow? I want to take the Harry Potter books away from every children and put these books in their hands instead.

[7], The Spook's series is published in 26 countries: UK, U.S., Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Thailand, and Turkey.