Bøger af Joseph Delaney

Beware a girl in pointy shoesThe first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch. Those brave enough to read these pages will find out why. You'll meet a fair and beautiful woman?with green scales running down her spine. You'll encounter a dead witch who lurks under rotting leaves, hunting for blood, and a witch whose cry of revenge can kill. And you'll follow Alice, Tom Ward's best friend, back into her past, when she lived with one of the most dangerous witches of all. Are you ready to face the dark?

Another thrilling and magical adventure from master storyteller Joseph Delaney, set in the multi-million copy bestselling world of The Spook's ApprenticeWe are entering a new age of darkness. Hell has grown in power and neither priest nor Spook can do anything about it. So go home now while you can . . . Years have passed since Wulf and Tilda vanished from the County. Alice and Tom have given up hope of ever seeing them again - until a terrible enemy from the past forces them to take drastic action, and reach out through time in a bid for help.Now Wulf faces the greatest and most powerful demon who has ever walked the Dark: the Fiend. He will have to use all his powers - and gather some new ones - to have even a chance of survival . . .

The book will haunt you.It's an international bestseller.But DON'T READ IT AFTER DARK!Book 1 and Book 2 of the best-selling Last Apprentice series, now a major motion picture, Seventh Son.The powers of evil are strengthening, and only one man holds them back. Now that man needs an apprentice. Tom Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son, and he has been chosen. When one of the world's most malevolent witches escapes, Tom will face his first test. Many apprentices have come before. They have failed, or fled, or died. If Tom succeeds?and if he survives?he'll be the last apprentice.Includes Book 1, Revenge of the Witch, and Book 2, Curse of the Bane

The book will haunt you.It's an international bestseller.But don't read it after dark!Alice is the most powerful witch in the county.And one day she may be the darkest.?Book Twelve of The Last Apprentice serieslice Deane?best friend and true love to Tom Ward?must venture into the Dark to find one last weapon to defeat the Fiend. And there's something Tom didn't tell her. She is hunting for the very blade that will eventually kill her.

"I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born." Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts. But now a new danger is threatening Tom's world: the witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Tom and the Spook set out to stop the witches before they unleash the demon. But when Tom finds himself on his own, he wonders if he has the courage and cunning to defeat the most powerful enemy he has ever encountered.

As the weather grows colder and the nights draw in, the Spook and his apprentice Tom Ward must be even more vigilant in their battles against the boggarts, witches, and ghosts roaming the county. When they receive an unexpected visitor, the Spook decides it is time to move to his winter house in Anglezarke. It is a bleak, forbidding place, full of witches and secrets. Tom hears rumors of menacing creatures stirring on the moors nearby, including the evil beast called Golgoth. Who was the mysterious visitor? And is Tom prepared for what he will find in Anglezarke?

Things can never be the same again.After a long journey and a hard battle, the Spook and his apprentice, Tom Ward, have returned home. But the county has been overrun 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? And at what cost?

Langt uden for Herredets grænser, så langt borte, at heksejægernes beskyttelse ikke rækker, har væsnet Slither frit spil over for mennesker, og han mæsker sig i deres blod, mens de sover.Da en bonde dør, tilbyder han Slither en handel: hvis Slither vil føre bondens to yngste døtre i sikkerhed hos familie, kan han få den ældste datter, Nessa, og gøre med hende, som han vil.Slithers løfte sender ham og Nessa ud på en farlig rejse, hvor fjender lurer overalt. Fjender, der også tæller den skræmmende heksesnigmorder, Grimalkin …

"Du tilhører klingen nu. Den ejer dig. Og det vil den gøre til din dødsdag…"Heksejægeren, Tom og Alice, der stadig er på flugt fra krigen i Herredet, er rejst til Irland. Her må Tom tage kampen op med en gruppe onde magere, som i deres bestræbelser på at forøge deres mørke kræfter desperat forsøger at komme både Heksejægeren og hans lærling til livs. Toms farlige kamp mod magerne fører ham direkte til Skæbneklingen – et sværd med en mørk side og en tørst efter blod … Kan det nye våben mon forbedre Toms chancer for at give Djævelen kamp til stregen?Joseph Delaney (f. 1945) er en britisk forfatter kendt for sine science fiction og fantasyromaner. Hans første værker blev udgivet under pseudonymet J.K. Haderack, og det var først i 2004 med udgivelsen af det første bind i serien "The Wardstone Chronicles", at Delaney begyndte at udgive bøger under sit eget navn. Serien er efterfølgende blevet udgivet i 25 lande (inklusive Danmark) og har solgt i over en million eksemplarer. Thomas Ward er den syvende søn af den syvende søn, og det er derfor hans skæbne at blive Heksejægerens lærling. Men jobbet er både hårdt og farligt, og det er set før, at Heksejægerens lærling ikke har klaret prøvetiden - nogle gange med døden til følge. Alligevel påtager Thomas sig opgaven, for han vil bevise, at han godt kan klare det.

Alt for længe har heksejægeren udskudt sin tur til Pendle, selvom han ved, at tingene er ved at blive kritiske. Men nu ser det værre ud end nogensinde, og heksejægeren må tage kampen op mod den voksende trussel. Et mørke er ved at samles, og truslen fra mørkets side er større end nogensinde før. Hekseklanerne forsøger at samles så de kan tilkalde ondskaben selv, djævlen, og hvis først han sætter en fod på jorden, kan han igen regere verden som han gjorde det engang. Men det store spørgsmål er, om de kan nå at forhindre katastrofen, eller om det allerede er for sent.Samtidig sker der det, at Toms familie bortføres af heksene, og sammen med dem, de tre kister som hans mor havde efterladt ham. Hvad der er i dem aner han ikke, og det gør heksene for den sags skyld heller ikke, men ét ved de alle, der er noget yderst værdifuldt i kisterne, noget, som vil gøre kisternes ejer meget magtfuld.Kun Tom har nøglerne til kisterne og han finder snart ud af, at de ikke kan tages fra ham med magt, men skal gives frivilligt – noget som han ingen intentioner har om at gøre, før han pludselig må vælge mellem sin familie eller kisterne.Nu må han finde ud af om hans samvittighed kan klare, at hans pligt for Herredet kommer i første række. For hvad det end er der er i kisterne, så må det ikke falde i de forkerte hænder, selv ikke hvis det betyder, at hans familie må lide og dø for at forhindre det.Heksejægerens Kamp er fjerde bog i WardstenenTroldspejlet:"Serien er spændende, fordi det er usikkert, hvem flere af hovedpersonerne egentlig er. Toms kamp for at være loyal lærling og loyal over for sin familie er også interessant. Det er værd at læse fantasy-serien fra bind 1, hvis man ikke kender den!"

I Am Grimalkin is the ninth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'I am Grimalkin, and I have already chosen those I will kill . . .'Grimalkin has made it her lifetime ambition to destroy the Fiend. Having assisted the Spook and his apprentice in the binding of the Fiend, she is now on the run. And her mission is deadly. She has to keep the Fiend's severed head in her possession no matter who - or what - comes after it . . .

The Spook's Blood is the tenth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'I am Siscoi, the Lord of Blood, the Drinker of Souls! Obey me now or you will suffer as few have suffered.'Thomas Ward's final battle with the Fiend is drawing near, but he has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated and afraid, Tom must risk his life against a ferocious vampire god, even as he learns that the final destruction of the Fiend may involve a sacrifice more terrible than he can imagine . . .

Joseph Delaney's popular book, The Spook's Apprentice, told the story of Thomas Ward, apprenticed to the local spook to help keep the county safe from the Dark. The novel is the inspiration for the movie Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore, but has now been adapted for the stage by Joseph and his son Stephen.Suitable for casts large and small, this script is ideal for use in drama groups, english lessons and school plays.

The Spook's Destiny is the eighth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'You belong to the blade now. You'll belong to it until the day you die . . .'Tom, the Spook's Apprentice, has travelled to Ireland, where he must tackle a group of evil mages. His dangerous mission leads him to the Destiny Blade - a sword with a dark side, and a thirst for blood. Could this new weapon give him a fighting chance against the Fiend? And dare he accept the help of Grimalkin, the terrifying witch assassin?

The Spook's Curse is the second book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide! By now the dark has noticed you and will be trying to hunt you down . . . It's the job of the Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, to protect the County from the dark. But deep in the catacombs beneath Priestown lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat the Bane. As they prepare to battle it, yet another deadly enemy emerges to threaten Tom and his master.

The Spook's Battle is the fourth book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone.'The Spook and his apprentice protect the County from the dark, but not a terrible danger threatens. The witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting to conjure an unimaginable evil the Devil himself. If they succeed, will Tom and his master have the courage to defeat the most powerful enemy of all . . . ?

A dangerous few months lie aheadones which some of us will be hard-pressed to survive.Thomas Ward has served as the Spook's apprentice for three years. He has battled boggarts, witches, demons, and even the devil himself. Tom has enemies: The Fiend stalks him, waiting for a moment of weakness. The terrifying Morrigan, goddess of witches, warned him never to step foot on her homeland, Ireland.But now war has consumed their own country, and Tom, his friend Alice, and the Spook must flee to Ireland. The dark rages strongly there. No one can be trusted. Can Tom defeat the creatures that hunt him most fiercely?

Over the years, Alice has fought evil side by side with the Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward. But now Alice is alone - in the realm of the dark. And the creatures she has helped to banish there, now have the chance to take their revenge. Alice must seek the final weapon needed to destroy the Fiend for good.

The third exhilarating instalment in the Arena 13 series by Joseph Delaney, author of THE SPOOK S APPRENTICEAfter everything Leif has been through in Arena 13, it s finally time for him to fulfil his destiny and accompany his father s people beyond the barrier that imprisons all mankind. Meanwhile, Kwin, the girl he loves, is making waves in the arena as the first woman ever to grace its fighting floor. In their own ways, each of them is fighting to bring down the superhuman monsters that threaten the last people on earth. They might have picked fights they can t win. But freedom could be something worth dying for. Books in the series1: ARENA 132: ARENA 13: THE PREY3: ARENA 13: THE WARRIOR

The first book in the exhilarating new fantasy sequence from Joseph Delaney, the multi-million-selling author of The Spook's Apprentice.Welcome to Arena 13. Here warriors fight. Death is never far away . . .Leif has one ambition: to become the best fighter in the notorious Arena 13. Here, punters place wagers on which fighter will draw first blood. And in grudge matches, they bet on which fighter will die.But the country is terrorized by the creature Hob, an evil being who delights in torturing its people, displaying his devasting power by challenging an Arena 13 combatant in a fight to the death whenever he chooses. And this is exactly what Leif wants . . .For he knows Hob's crimes well. and at the heart of his ambition burns the desire for vengeance. Leif is going to take on the monster who destroyed his family. Even if it kills him.

Following the first year of his apprenticeship as an Arena 13 combatant, Leif seeks information from his late father's people. There he learns more about the man, who was the greatest arena fighter ever seen. The man who came so close to destroying the demon Hob, but paid a terrible price for every victory.Leif returns to the fighting floor with a renewed hunger for revenge. But can he remain focused on his training as his passion for his master's daughter, Kwin, grows? And will his place in his master's greater plan help or hinder him in his personal mission to defeat Hob in a fight to the death?The second instalment in the legend of ARENA 13.Books in the series1: ARENA 132: ARENA 13: THE PREY

'This is the entrance to the Witch Well and behind that door you'd face your worst nightmare. Don't ever go through there.'Night falls, the portcullis rises in the moonlight, and young Billy starts his first night as a prison guard. But this is no ordinary prison. There are haunted cells that can't be used, whispers and cries in the night . . . and the dreaded Witch Well. Billy is warned to stay away from the prisoner down in the Witch Well. But who could it be? What prisoner could be so frightening? Billy is about to find out . . .An unforgettable ghost story from the creator of the Wardstone Chronicles (Spook's Apprentice) series.