Joseph Delaney

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle....

Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye....

Welcome to Arena 13. Here warriors fight. Death is never far away....

Wulf has left behind his life in the monastery and is now the apprentice to Spook Johnson, assisting him in protecting the county from denizens of the dark - which mainly involves Wulf acting as bait....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney, read by Lee Ingleby....

Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts....

Wulf must face his greatest enemy yet - and this time, he's all alone....

As the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward's first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures....

Tom Ward is now spook of the county, and with his apprentice, Jenny, he continues the fight against boggarts, witches, and terrifying new creatures of the dark....

It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke....

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil....

One witch is the most feared, the most ruthless, and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don't stand a chance....

When young novice monk Brother Beowulf is sent to spy on Spook Johnson, he has no idea of the trouble he's about to find himself in. Johnson boasts to Wulf of his battles against demonic creatures and even seems to imprison local witches, though Wulf is sceptical....

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark....

Thomas and his apprentice, Jenny, must team up with former rivals and enemies to fight the evil Kobalos warriors intent on destroying the county....

Nobody enters here after dark. Come back in the morning... if you're still breathing....

He's the seventh son of a seventh son. He's the only one who can stop the greatest evil....

The dark is full of terrifying creatures. And Tom Ward - the seventh son of a seventh son, and the Spook's last apprentice - hasn't seen all of them....

Something is terrorizing the villages of the county. People are dying - covered in blood, their faces frozen in fear. But with not a wound on their bodies....

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....