Rise of the Huntress

The Last Apprentice Series : Book 7

By: Joseph Delaney

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Paperback | 2 February 2026

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466 Pages

Age
13+

Grade
3+

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20.32 x 13.49 x 2.95

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Things can never be the same again.

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers. The Spook's house is in ruins, the boggart protecting it has fled, and the malicious witches imprisoned in the gardens have escaped.

Tom, Alice, and the Spook must flee, too, across the ocean to the island of Mona. And it's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful. Will they be able to vanquish an evil that crawls beneath the ground itself? At what cost?

Will Tom and the Spook ever be able to return home?

About the Author

Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire. He has three children and seven grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church. Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends.

Industry Reviews

Praise for the Last Apprentice series: "The Last Apprentice series continues to be one of the best written of the last several years." -- ALA Booklist

"This is the stuff of skin-prickling campfire stories." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Anything but tame." -- Horn Book (starred review)

"A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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