The Wardstone Chronicles

Spook's, published as The Last Apprentice in the United States, is a children's dark fantasy series by the English author Joseph Delaney. It is published by imprints of Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom and HarperCollins in the United States. The series has been published in 30 countries, with sales exceeding 4.5 million copies. It began in 2004 with The Spook's Apprentice, which was later adapted as a play script, a feature film titled Seventh Son, and a French graphic novel. The main series consists of 20 books in three arcs. The Wardstone Chronicles follows Thomas "Tom" Ward, who becomes apprentice to John Gregory, the spook of the County, a fictionalised version of Lancashire. Tom is trained to deal with supernatural threats and later becomes involved in a wider conflict with the Fiend. The Starblade Chronicles continues Tom Ward's story after he becomes a spook and takes on his own apprentice, Jenny. Brother Wulf follows Brother Wulf, a novice monk, and Tom Ward. Several related works are set in the same fictional world, including short story collections, a bestiary and novellas.