The Last Apprentice: Lure of the Dead (Book 10) (Last Apprentice)

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!

The book will haunt you. It's an international bestseller. But don't read it after dark!

Tom must finish the Fiend—Book Ten of The Last Apprentice series

Tom Ward and the Spook have bound the Fiend at last. But can a dark creature with so much power truly ever be defeated? It's up to Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, to put an end to the world's greatest evil. Armed with all the skills he's mastered as the Spook's apprentice, Tom must vanquish a god, avenge his master, and protect the person he loves most—Alice—from himself.

The series that inspired the major motion picture Seventh Son

Joseph Delaney lives in Lancashire, England, in the middle ofboggart territory.