Lure of the Dead - The Last Apprentice: Book 10

The tenth book in the internationally best-selling fantasy adventure series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son . Back at home, but in no less danger, Tom will face a tragic love story, an unforgivable sacrifice, and a new creature of the dark that terrorizes a village with its thirst for blood. Tom Ward, the Spook''s apprentice, and his master have bound the Fiend at last. But now Tom must use his powers as the seventh son of a seventh son to put an end to the source of evil once and for all. When the Spook is captured by bloodthirsty creatures of the dark, Tom must vanquish a god, avenge his master, and protect the person he loves most--Alice--from himself. 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. It''s a suspenseful thrill-ride that''s "spine-tingling" ( Publishers Weekly ) and "anything but tame" (Horn Book). But don''t read it after dark!

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Delaney
• Assisted by: Patrick Arrasmith (Illustration)
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9780062027627
• ISBN: 978-0-06-202762-7
• No. of pages: 435
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Last Apprentice; Last Apprentice
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Ghost Stories *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / Medieval *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Horror *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Historical *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Wizards & Witches *, childrens;apprentice;spook;rituals;betrayal