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‘It’s a dangerous job, but someone has to do it.’

For years, the local Spook kept the county safe from evil. But now his time has ended, and there is only one boy who can take over – Thomas Ward, barely more than a child himself. Now he too must take on an apprentice, a girl called Jenny who is untested but willing to be trained in the dangerous life of a Spook.

When girls start dying in mysterious circumstances, they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying and deadly beast. Monstrous assassins are loose in the County, and far to the north, a new darkness is rising that threatens to engulf the whole world. Do Tom and Jenny stand a chance against the might of the Kobalos?

The first terrifying tale in the Starblade Chronicles, from the bestselling author of The Spook’s Apprentice



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The ending will shock all Spook’s fans and leave them desperate for the next in this new series -- Andrea Reece * lovereading4kids.co.uk *
A solid, suspenseful, and spooky adventure with a fiendish cliffhanger * Publishers Weekly *

Spook's: A New Darkness

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9781849416382, 978-1849416382
      ISBN10: 1849416389
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ‘It’s a dangerous job, but someone has to do it.’

      For years, the local Spook kept the county safe from evil. But now his time has ended, and there is only one boy who can take over – Thomas Ward, barely more than a child himself. Now he too must take on an apprentice, a girl called Jenny who is untested but willing to be trained in the dangerous life of a Spook.

      When girls start dying in mysterious circumstances, they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying and deadly beast. Monstrous assassins are loose in the County, and far to the north, a new darkness is rising that threatens to engulf the whole world. Do Tom and Jenny stand a chance against the might of the Kobalos?

      The first terrifying tale in the Starblade Chronicles, from the bestselling author of The Spook’s Apprentice



      Trade Review
      The ending will shock all Spook’s fans and leave them desperate for the next in this new series -- Andrea Reece * lovereading4kids.co.uk *
      A solid, suspenseful, and spooky adventure with a fiendish cliffhanger * Publishers Weekly *

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