New Darkness

#1 Starblade Chronicles

Joseph Delaney

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Red Fox
01 April 2015

Fantasy; Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's&YA); Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Mythological Creatures, People & Places; Young Adult Fantasy; Magic; Swords and Slaying; Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Spooks: Starblade Chronicles

A brand-new arc in the Spook's stories from bestselling author Joseph Delaney

'It's a dangerous job, but someone has to do it.'

For years, the local Spook kept the county safe from evil. But now his time has ended, and there is only one boy who can take over - Thomas Ward, barely more than a child himself. Now he too must take on an apprentice, a girl called Jenny who is untested but willing to be trained in the dangerous life of a Spook.

When girls start dying in mysterious circumstances, they soon find themselves on the path of a terrifying and deadly beast. Monstrous assassins are loose in the County, and far to the north, a new darkness is rising that threatens to engulf the whole world. Do Tom and Jenny stand a chance against the might of the Kobalos?

The first terrifying tale in the Starblade Chronicles, from the bestselling author of The Spook's Apprentice

By: Joseph Delaney
Imprint: Red Fox
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 223g
ISBN: 9781849416382
ISBN 10: 1849416389
Series: Spooks: Starblade Chronicles
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 April 2015
Recommended Age: From 9 to 14 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher. He has three children and nine 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.

Reviews for New Darkness (#1 Starblade Chronicles)

The ending will shock all Spook's fans and leave them desperate for the next in this new series -- Andrea Reece * lovereading4kids.co.uk * A solid, suspenseful, and spooky adventure with a fiendish cliffhanger * Publishers Weekly *