![]() During a tour of the home, Spook tells the story of one of the unsuccessful apprentices, the late Billy Bradley, who fought a boggart which bit off his finger, causing him to die from blood loss. He attributes their past failures to cowardice, disobedience, or similar errors that caused their death. After Ward succeeds, the Spook tells Ward not to be overconfident because most past apprentices have ultimately failed. The novel begins as the Spook gives Ward his first task: to stay a night inside a mansion that is infested with ghosts. Along his journey, he is enlisted to hunt down monsters that plague the lives of the people he meets. ![]() Ward hopes to ultimately become as adept at hunting as the Spook. The seventh son of a seventh son, Ward is sent by his parents to apprentice with the Spook, a man with a supernatural ability to track down these creatures. Ward destroys ghosts and monsters that belong to a malicious force called The Dark that seeks to control the world. ![]() The first book in a series called The Wardstone Chronicles, it follows the protagonist Tom Ward as he roams a land called the County, which is loosely based on Lancashire, England. The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch is a fantasy novel by Joseph Delaney. ![]()
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