Patrick Arrasmith

Returning from Greece, Tom and the Spook find that their home, including the Spook's precious library of knowledge, has been burned to the ground, and that their battle against the denizens of the dark must continue.

Now thirteen years old, Tom Ward continues his apprenticeship with the Spook as they confront a dangerous bane who can control people's thoughts.

The continuing adventures of Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the local Spook, who faces danger and death daily in his job protecting the region from evil.

As the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward must protect the country from the creatures of the dark. But now a dangerous ancient witch, Ordeen is about to rise. If Tom joins the army Tom's mother has mustered to confront Ordeen, the Spook will abandon him as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made for the battle against the dark?

After the death or disappearances of twenty-nine ghost apprentices, only twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is left to fill the position. He goes off with old Spook to learn the trade of ridding the village of evil such as witches and creepy things. Thomas is unaware that soon he must destroy the most terrifying witch of all, Mother Malkin.

When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness.

Bloodeye, an ancient water witch, emerges and Tom must train under Bill Arkwright, a man who has unusual training techniques, in order to fight her.

"Thomas Ward faces his ultimate test as he and his master prepare to deal with the Fiend once and for all"--

Separate tales reveal the backgrounds of four terrifying witches, including Alice and the Spook's love, Meg.

When a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry and corpses suddenly spring from the soft earth, only one person can stop them. As the bodies pile up, Elizabeth Bennet evolves from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead in this prequel to "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."