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Zusatztext "Delaney's mastery of suspense will grip even reluctant readers with his dramatic! beautifully paced prose." Informationen zum Autor Joseph DELANEY is the author of the internationally best-selling The Last Apprentice series, which is now a major motion picture, Seventh Son . He is a former English teacher who lives in the heart of boggart territory in Lancashire, England. His village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church. Klappentext I must be brave. I must do what has to be done. I am Alice. Alice is the most powerful witch the county has ever seen. She may one day be the most evil. But Alice is also the best friend—and true love—of Tom Ward. Together they work to defeat the Fiend—the world's greatest evil—once and for all. They have nearly everything they need, all except a blade hidden in the Dark, the Fiend's domain. So Alice ventures there to find it. She faces the most terrifying creatures in existence. And she once again battles old enemies who bear grudges: Bony Lizzie, Bloodeye, and more. And there's something Tom didn't tell her. To vanquish the Fiend, Tom must sacrifice the person he loves most. Alice is hunting for the very blade that will eventually kill her. Zusammenfassung The twelfth volume in the Last Apprentice series! the internationally bestselling fantasy adventure books that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture! Seventh Son . Told from the point of view of Alice! best friend—and true love—to Tom! the spook's last apprentice. Alice is the most powerful witch in the world! and she ventures into the dark itself. Will she return? Alice Dean's destiny is intertwined with Tom Ward's. But he's going to be the next Spook! and she's a witch—possibly the most powerful one the world has ever seen. To rid the world of its greatest evil! the Fiend! Alice will venture into the depths of the dark for the final weapon Tom needs to defeat him. Will she survive? Or will she make the ultimate sacrifice for Tom? The Last Apprentice series is soon to be a major motion picture! Seventh Son ! starring Jeff Bridges! Ben Barnes! Alicia Vikander! Kit Harington! Olivia Williams! Antje Traue! Djimon Hounsou! and Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin. ...
