Spook’s apprentice Thomas Ward continues to develop his skills at fighting the creatures of the night. In the fourth volume of his adventures, Attack of the Fiend, the stakes are high: Three clans of witches are uniting in an attempt to raise the Devil himself, unleashing an era of darkness. Things get personal when the safety of Tom’s own family is threatened, and he is driven to use every bit of his knowledge and craft as disaster looms. In the fifth entry in the series, Wrath of the Bloodeye, Tom is sent to train and develop new skills with the spook Bill Arkwright. In the north where Bill lives near the sea, Tom learns about water witches and discovers that the most fearsome of them, Bloodeye, is intent on confronting him. When he learns that Bloodeye is the daughter of the Devil himself, Tom realizes that new danger is spreading far and wide. Meanwhile, tension deepens between Tom and the Spook over Tom’s friend Alice, a young witch who walks a fine line between good and evil, and student Tom begins to realize the Spook’s ways of doing things are not necessarily the only way. John Delaney’s satisfyingly scary series consistently delivers to young readers who crave a creepy read, with characters who continue to grow and change and plots that are surprisingly fresh. Forbiddingly dark illustrations at the start of each chapter intensify the eerie mood. (Ages 10–14)

"I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born."

Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts. But now a new danger is threatening Tom's world: the witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil.

Tom and the Spook set out to stop the witches before they unleash the demon. But when Tom finds himself on his own, he wonders if he has the courage and cunning to defeat the most powerful enemy he has ever encountered.