Many of the locations in the County are based on actual places in Lancashire. Another source of inspiration has been Lancashire's varied and atmospheric landscape. He continues to draw upon the folklore of Lancashire and has acquired much local knowledge over the years which he tweaks and modifies to create his fictional world. He made a note in his notebook ‘a story about a man who hunts boggarts’ and years later when he had to come up with an idea at short notice developed this into ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’, the first book in the series. He first got the idea for the Spooks series when he moved to the village where he lives now and discovered there was a local boggart - ‘a man like me needs boggarts around’. This is a new spooks story featuring Tom and Alice, but introducing a new character, a young monk called Brother Wulf.
He is the author of Wardstone Chronicles, Starblade Chronicles, Arena 13, Aberrations and a new book came out in April 2020, Brother Wulf. This tale will keep you cringing and rapt throughout.Joseph Delaney is a full time writer living in Lancashire, in the heart of Boggart territory. This series is a fantastic read for ages 10 and up, and is especially recommended for readers of fantasy and those who enjoy frightening tales.
Whether these characters will develop for good or for evil will be monitored throughout this exciting and gripping series. Well-written and engaging, Delaney not only creates an interesting and fantastic world, but also has created characters who have deep layers and as yet unwritten back-stories that will play into the multiple installments that follow. In addition to witches, in book one of the Last Apprentice series Delaney introduces us to boggarts, ghasts, ghosts and other terrifying creatures that plague the fells of this world. He discovers too late that the Spook’s absence is not accidental and that the task of confronting her and saving his family rests solely in his unproven hands. Protecting innocent people from creepy and malevolent beings is noble, but it’s not exactly going to bring new friends to his door.Īfter only a few weeks of being tested and trained, Tom finds himself alone in the Spook’s house when a witch who was imprisoned long ago escapes. To be a Spook’s apprentice means a terrifying life filled with loneliness fighting creatures of the dark, and Tom doesn’t know if he’s up to the job. This is one of the first and most important lessons Thomas Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son, must learn when he is apprenticed to the Spook.
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