Tom finds out some disturbing secrets about his master's past and defeats Morgan's attempts to resurrect Golgoroth.
As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar, menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors and a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master.
What does the mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's past catching up with him? And what dangers will Tom face if his master's secrets are revealed?
The third chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles, the series that inspired the forthcoming movie "Seventh Son," starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore.
NOTE : First pub. in hbk in 2006 ISBN 9780370328287; in pbk in 2007 ISBN 9780099456476 (both out of print); new cover design in 2009 ISBN 9781862308565.