As the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward must protect the country from the creatures of the dark. But now a dangerous ancient witch, Ordeen is about to rise. If Tom joins the army Tom's mother has mustered to confront Ordeen, the Spook will abandon him as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made for
The Last Apprentice: Attack of the Fiend
โ Scribed by Delaney, Joseph
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Greenwillow Books
- Year
- 2011;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Edition
- 1st American ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness.;Visitor from Pendle -- Theft and kidnapping -- Priorities -- East to Pendle -- Three sisters -- Cellar of mirrors -- Alice's tale -- Mistress Wurmalde -- Footprints -- Tibb -- Thief and murderer -- Army arrives -- Sepulchre -- Wight -- Like lithe cats -- Mam's trunks -- Moonlight -- James the blacksmith -- Agnes Sowerbutts -- End of an enemy -- Back to Downham -- Battle of Pendle Hill -- Blood moon -- Despair -- New order -- Journal of Thomas J. Ward.
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