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    The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale
    The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale
    The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale
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    The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale

    Written by Joseph Delaney

    Narrated by Christopher Evan Welch

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    About this audiobook

    The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . .

    The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training?

    And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?

    What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?

    And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them.

    Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows. Do you dare?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 28, 2009
    ISBN9780061829857
    The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale
    Author

    Joseph Delaney

    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.

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    • 4/5
      This book was really interesting. I really learned a lot about John Gregory, Alice and Grimalkin. This book tells a lot about what the author didn't write in the normal books of the series. It really feels like a behind the scenes book, or a big MEANWHILE..... It's really cool! I think the most interesting part was learning how the Spook himself decided to become a spook's apprentice, and the trouble he faced when he was still a boy. The part about Grimalkin was cool too. It showed us just how she became the Malkin clan's witch assasin, and what makes her hate the Fiend so much. I can't wait to finish the series now!
    • 4/5
      This book is more of an interlude or a supplement to The Last Apprentice series. It is well written and interesting nonetheless, but not as fantastic as a full-fledged book would have been. Although we don't have a long wait "Clash of the Demons" comes out the end of August '09.There are three stories in this book. The first details how the Spook became a Spook. This story was okay; it gives you some background around the Spook. Nothing that is really surprising, but a decent story.The second story is about what happened to Alice when she was in Pendle right before Tom came to rescue her. This was my least favorite story of the bunch. Again no surprises and a very brief story.The third story made the book worth having. This was the story of how Grimalkin became a witch assassin. I think Grimalkin is a fascinating character and found this story to be an interesting read. It made me wish that Delaney would write some books from Grimalkin's point of view...maybe he can do that after he is done with Tom Ward's story :-)Overall I enjoyed this book. It is just filler for the main event though and I am eagerly awaiting "Clash of the Demons"!
    • 4/5
      The story of how John Gregory became a spook is very entertaining but I wish there had been more about why he left the priesthood and went back to train to be a spook. Eight years have elapsed between the time the story takes place and when John returns to be trained. We know that he actually became a priest but no mention is given about why he left. There was room to go into more details. At the end of this volume there are nearly 30 pages entitled The Gallery of Villains, I could have done without that entirely as I have read all the previous 7 books and this Gallery only serves to tempt the person who has not read them. If those 30 pages had gone toward explaining why John Gregory left the priesthood this volume would have gotten a higher rating.
    • 3/5
      As a big fan of Delaney's Last Apprentice series, I had to check this book out. But readers beware: this book was published for World Book Day, and was not meant (as some have mistakenly believed) to be a continuation of the series but rather, a supplement to the series and introduction for newcomers to the Last Apprentice universe.The book consists of three short stories and a small "gallery of villains" which includes a brief description and passage from other novels about certain villains from the series. The short stories center around present day-Spook John Gregory and the events that placed him on the path to becoming a Spook, a story about Alice's origins and training as a witch, and an origin story about Grimalkin, the witch assassin.John Gregory's story easily steals the show here -it's as chilling as the other Last Apprentice novels and gives some interesting insight into John's past. Grimalkin's story falls in the middle -it's well-paced and unique, but feels like it should have been more than a short story. Alice's story bothered me the most, primarily because it took place during book four of the series, rather than before the events of the series, and, frankly, didn't seem to add much to her character.All the information here is great back story and is good for fans who are new to the series, but The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors, even with its World Book Day backdrop, left me wanting more. Not just another book in the series, but full books about John, Alice or Grimalkin. Perhaps we'll see these in the future, but until then, I can't wait for more Last Apprentice.
    • 3/5
      Collection of short stories from the Last Apprentice series. My favorite was learning how the Spook became the Spook.
    • 5/5
      Book six of Joseph Delaney's fabulous Last Apprentice series just rocks! This series still gets me excited and when each installment gets released I can't wait to run to the store to grab my copy the first day. Delaney still delivers the goods, and doesn't stop creating sensational stories that will scare the living daylights out of you whether you are young or old. This installment, The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors is a pleasant interlude, an intermediary story that is sort of a prequel to the first book that started it all. These short stories focus on three of the main characters from the other books; The Spook himself, Mother Malkin, and our adorable Alice, Tom Ward's friend. Each segment tells how each character came to be who and what they are, good or bad, to give the reader a little insight to information we haven't yet been clued into, even though these players are mentioned in all the five other books. I was expecting something of less quality because the book is about a quarter of the size of the other novels, and with short stories I figured they'd be not up to Delaney's wonderful standard of quality story telling. For certain, I was pleasantly surprised and wrong. These quick little chapters, believe it or not, are bloodier and scarier than all the others. It amazes me how the author can manage to continually outdo himself by finding a way to write sentences and paragraphs that get more terrifying with each book he publishes. There were times in this read where my 52 yr old mouth just dropped and my eyes got as wide as saucers. I found myself many times not breathing at all. And once again, the show-stopping illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith are the best he's created yet. With every flip of a page I got delightfully squeamish as blood dripped, knives hacked, head's rolled in decapitation, and chains bound evil cackling cannabalistic witches! My eyes squinted too terrified to look at what was coming next. I winced time after time again with each gory episode, and at times, it was all SO much outlandish horrific fun that I found myself laughing out loud. This is a perfect example of an old fashioned "flashlight under the covers" read for ages 9 to 90! Love these, just simply LOVE THESE BLOODY BOOKS and am counting the days until Book 7 releases. We can technically only give a five star rating for the best of the best but with this I send the author all the stars in the heavens above.