Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadowsThe Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spooks apprentice, Thomas Ward, as he learns to battle the monsters of the dark and keep the county safe. But Toms is only one story. The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training? How did Alice, a young witch and Toms closest ally, overcome her dark past? How did the assassin Grimalkin become the most deadly and feared witch in the county? And youll discover the rest of the countys menacing villains, collected in a gallery of horrors, and relive the vicious battles waged against them.