The Spook’s Battle

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What to expect

The fourth instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles. In Pendle the witches are rising and the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together they will be capable of raising the dark made flesh - the Devil himself.

Tom and the Spook need to set off for Pendle to avert the unthinkable. But before they go, the Spook tells Tom to journey home and collect the trunks Mam left behind for him. But what dark family secrets are contained in the trunks? And will they place Tom's family in even greater danger or provide the help Tom and his master will need in Pendle?

Critics Review

. . . ideal for the reader who has outgrown Harry Potter. Be warned, these books are seriously scary . . . Beautifully produced and consistently surprising the weird and wonderful Wardstone Chronicles are an annual treat
The Times
Impressively written and deliciously spine-tingling
Borders, Publishing News
This fourth adventure is possibly the best yet
The Bookseller
The spine-chilling escapades of the Spook and his apprentice continue apace
Waterstone's Books Quarterly
Spooky stuff!
TBK
This is a spine-tingling, seriously scary read with some genuinely terrifying moments
Norwich Evening News
...the essential strengths of the series remain: sympathetic characters, arcane motivations, unclear loyalties and a healthy helping of real darkness.
WriteAway
This is a spine-tingling, seriously scary read with some genuinely terrifying moments and is therefore suitable for older readers who don't insist on having the light on in the hall when they go to sleep.
Ipswich Evening Star
an outstandingly imaginative, well written thriller
The Times
Delaney has a talent for creating the most dark and eerie settings and situations, in which the reader becomes totally immersed
School Librarian

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