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Tom Ward is the Spook, the one person who can defend the county from bloodthirsty creatures of the dark. But he's only seventeen, and his apprenticeship was cut short when his master died in battle. No one trusts Tom's skill, not till he's proven himself. And a fifteen-year-old girl named Jenny knows more about the three mysterious deaths in the county than Tom does. She is a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, and she wants to be Tom's first apprentice – even though a female spook is unheard of. Together, Tom and Jenny will uncover the grave danger heading straight toward the county, and they'll team up with a witch assassin to confront it. A New Darkness begins a three-book arc that will introduce new readers to Joseph Delaney's deliciously scary imagination and electrify his longtime fans. A New Darkness is perfect for every listener who loves thrills, chills, action, and adventure – no prior knowledge of The Last Apprentice series necessary!

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'Delaney's narrative ... starts slow, but horrific scenes of grotesque monsters and the threat of danger gradually seep through and heighten the tension all the way up to the cliff-hanger ending. Fans of the Last Apprentice series will be happy to see Tom at work again.' -- Booklist 'The first book in a new trilogy featuring a main character from the popular series The Last Apprentice. Fans of the series will enjoy this look at Tom's work as a Spook, but readers fresh to his story will find it equally engaging ... Ends on an eerie cliff-hanger.' -- VOYA

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Joseph Delaney lives in Lancashire, England, right in the middle of boggart territory. His village has a boggart, called a hall knocker, which was laid to rest under the steps of a house near the church. Most of the places in The Last Apprentice series are based on real locations in Lancashire, and the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends. The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse and The Spook's Secret have all been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award. Clare Corbett is an English actress and voice artist. She has appeared on stage in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Pygmalion and Spoonface Steinberg, among others. Winner of the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Radio Award, she has appeared in over 250 radio plays including Absolute Power, Venus and Adonis and Dr Zhivago. She has also narrated numerous audiobooks, including Girl on the Train, which earned her Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2017. Thomas Judd is a British actor and voiceover artist. His film credits include Any Other Day (2014), Indian Ocean (2010) and Persona (2011). He has narrated over 180 audiobook titles, including works from authors such as George Orwell, Bernard Cornwell, James Patterson, David Mitchell, Georgette Heyer and Anton du Beke. Thomas’s audio drama work includes Six Degrees of Assassination, 2000AD and The Noise. He has also done commercial voiceover work for Fiat, Channel 4 and The Times. Gabrielle Glaister has most recently been seen playing the part of Fern in Coronation Street, though she is probably best known for playing Bob in Blackadder and Patricia Farnham in Brookside. More recent television credits include Halo, Emmerdale, Grantchester, Sherlock, Silent Witness, Midsomer Murders and Unforgotten. Gabrielle has also appeared on stage in the West End several times and has recorded a number of audiobooks.

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