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Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?

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Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?

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"I've already drunk my fill of blood, so live a little longer. Breathe fora while and watch what's about to unfold."

Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?

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The Wardstone Chronicles/Last Apprentice is a series of dark fantasy novels from Joseph Delaney, a British Author. Published by Random House Publishing, the novels chronicle a young boy’s efforts to master his skills as he prepares to inherit the mantle of spook and take his place as a destroyer of evil.

The Wardstone Chronicles/Last Apprentice series revolves around Thomas Ward. The seventh Son of a seventh son, Thomas is recruited by John Gregory, a master warrior, to fight the forces of evil.

To find his destiny, Thomas will have to apprentice under John with the aim of eventually becoming a spook, a warrior with great skill and physical strength trained to fight those supernatural forces that seek to slaughter innocent lives.

Learning to tame and contend against ghosts, boggarts, witches and the numerous other fiends that serve ‘The Dark’, Thomas’ journey isn’t without its fair share of problems, the young spook in training learning of the many apprentices that Gregory had recruited before him, all of whom had died at various stages of their training.

While initially focusing upon the characters of John and Thomas, the Wardstone chronicles/Last Apprentice series eventually begins to explore the personalities, histories and purposes of its wider cast, this including the witch Alice Deane, the story eventually progressing towards the cross road of Thomas’ destiny as either the destroyer or the savior.

The country, an important setting in the Last Apprentice series, is based on Lancashire, a location in Northern England, with numerous other modern cities such as Preston and Blackpool reincarnating in Joseph Delaney’s story at one point or another.

Thomas Ward’s story is told over a series of 13 books; and while The Spook’s Revenge technically ended The Last Apprentice, the story continues into Joseph Delaney’s other works, within which he continues to explore Thomas Ward’s character, now a full blown spook.

+Adaptations

The Last Apprentice was adapted into a live action film by Legendary Pictures in 2015; the movie was entitled Seventh Son and starred Jeff Bridges as John Gregory, with Ben Barnes playing the role of Thomas Ward.

The novels have also been adapted into audio books, with names such as Will Thorp, Daniel Weyman, Annie Hemingway and Tony Longworth lending their voices to Joseph Delaney’s story.

+The Author

Joseph Delaney is a British Author specializing in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Born in Preston, Lancashire in 1945, Joseph attended Preston Catholic College before finding work as an engineering apprentice.

Finishing his A Levels at night school before pursuing a degree at Lancaster University in 1972, Joseph eventually became a teacher of English at Blackpool Sixth Form College. He was instrumental in starting the media and film studies department at the institution.

During his earlier days as an author, Joseph published his works under the pseudonym J.K Haderack. Eventually publishing the first novel in the Wardstone chronicles/Last Apprentice series in 2004 under his real name, Joseph’s work has earned him international fame, his novels published in over 20 countries.

Upon the publication of the second book in the Last Apprentice series, Joseph finally retired from teaching to write full time. Joseph’s dream to pursue writing was inspired by authors J.R.R Tolkien and Frank Herbert.

Along with the Wardstone chronicles, Joseph has also written the Starblade chronicles which continue to explore the story of Thomas Ward, now a full blown spook, as he attempts to save the world from an unparalleled evil.

Joseph has further expanded upon the so called ‘Spook’s series’ with various Wardstone chronicles spin offs such as Interception point.

Joseph Delaney has three children.

+The Spook’s Apprentice

Thomas Ward is special. He is the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and he has been apprenticed to John Gregory, a local spook. As a young exorcist in training, Thomas will have to face the hardships of a job that has led to the deaths of all previous apprentices.

Thomas’ determination to master his skills, learning to contain witches and battle boggarts, is tested when he is tricked into freeing the vilest witch the country has ever seen, unleashing true horror upon the innocent people of the land.

The first novel in the Wardstone chronicles, The Spook’s Apprentice is a young adult novel with a difference. Considering the state of the literary landscape today, littered with novels targeted towards young readers, the majority of which are filled with angst-ridden characters more interested in solving their romantic complications than saving the world, The Spook’s apprentice stands out rather starkly.

Endeavoring to inject tension and elements of horror into its narrative, The Spook’s Apprentice is a pretty short read, very fast paced. Joseph is very simplistic in his writing, allowing his first novel in the Last Apprentice series to appeal to a wider section of readers.

With the chapters flowing smoothly into one another and every word designed to engage readers, the world Thomas Ward inhabits is as scary as it is thrilling, Joseph keeping readers hooked to the minutiae of his first story in the series with little to no effort.

One would be hard pressed to find a more entertaining start to a series.

+The Spook’s Curse

Thomas and Gregory are in Priestown to attend to some unfinished business. Within the catacombs of the cathedral lies a creature that Gregory could never defeat- The Bane.

As Thomas and Gregory prepare for battle, they soon learn that The Bane might not be the only foe awaiting them. The Quisitor has arrived, searching for those witches, warlocks and even spooks who meddle in matters of the Dark.

As with The Spook’s Apprentice, the second novel in the Last Apprentice series is very fast paced even while maintaining its simplicity. And Joseph continues to compound upon the dark and eerie atmosphere of the series, generating a story that is as thrilling as it is nerve wrecking.

The first novel in the series suffered from the bevy of underdeveloped characters it brought to the table. The Spook’s Curse made a concerted effort to solve this issue, exploring various characters to deeper levels even while revealing numerous unknown and unexpected facts, especially about Thomas and his family.

And as with the first book, The Spook’s curse emphasizes the fantastical and adventurous elements of its story over the romance.

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""I've already drunk my fill of blood, so live a little longer. Breathe fora while and watch what's about to unfold.""

Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?

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• Book Title Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (Book 5)
• Number of Pages 544 Pages
• Language English
• Publication Year 2009
• Topic Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Fantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, Horror, Action & Adventure / General, Business, Careers, Occupations, General
• Illustrator Yes
• Genre Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
• Author Joseph Delaney
• Book Series Last Apprentice Ser.
• Format Trade Paperback
• Item Height 1.3 in
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• Item Length 8 in
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• Synopsis "I've already drunk my fill of blood, so live a little longer. Breathe fora while and watch what's about to unfold." Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?
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The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons (Book 6) (Last Apprentice, 6) Paperback – Illustrated, July 27, 2010

War looms on the horizon

As the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward must protect the County from the creatures of the dark. But now his mother has returned from her homeland to seek his help. A dangerous ancient witch, Ordeen, is about to rise, bringing with her suffering and devastation. Tom's mother has mustered a powerful army—including Tom's friend Alice and the assassin Grimalkin—to confront Ordeen. If Tom joins them, the Spook will abandon Tom as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made in the battle against the dark?

• Book 6 of 17 The Last Apprentice
• Print length 432 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Greenwillow Books
• Publication date July 27, 2010
• Grade level 8 - 9
• Dimensions 5.31 x 0.97 x 8 inches
• ISBN-10 0061344648
• ISBN-13 978-0061344640
• Lexile measure 800L
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Praise for The Last Apprentice series: “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 (starred review)

“The Last Apprentice series continues to be one of the best written of the last several years.” — ALA Booklist

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Joseph DELANEY is the author of the internationally best-selling The Last Apprentice series, which is now a major motion picture, Seventh Son . He is a former English teacher who lives in the heart of boggart territory in Lancashire, England. His village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenwillow Books; Reprint edition (July 27, 2010)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061344648
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061344640
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 800L
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 - 9
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.97 x 8 inches
• #159 in Teen & Young Adult Ghost Stories
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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. The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse and The Spook's Secret have all been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.

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Trump's agent advised him against starring on The Apprentice

In the early 2000s, the author noted that Trump was "soft-pitched a docuseries centered on his family." But he said the idea "didn't appeal to him." However, Mark Burnett — the show's eventual series creator who had previously developed Survivor — presented an idea that appealed to Trump much more: being The Apprentice .

Trump's decision to do the show "proved to be an alarming revelation for Trump’s representation, who tried to shut it all down." His agent at the time, Jim Griffin, warned that the series was likely to fail and that would be embarrassing for Trump, Setoodeh writes in the book.

But to their dismay, Trump was fully sold on Burnett's pitch, especially as he sweetened the deal by offering the businessman an executive producer credit. Burnett also agreed to split the profits with Trump on any product placement.

Mark Burnett is called out for his treatment of the contestants

Season 1 contender Kristi Frank told Setoodeh that Burnett would "mess with" the cast, beginning with the audition rounds. She first recalled waiting for hours to meet with him and then another time, he "pulled me out of the gym when I was working out, and then we had to do my interview" in her gym clothes.

“Even after Burnett had made his selections, choosing 16 finalists to compete on The Apprentice , he kept torturing his contestants,'" Frank said, in the book. "'They messed with us. They said, 'Donald Trump will be watching you guys throughout the whole thing.' And they’d say, 'Oh, he’s watching you. He’s keeping tabs.' No, he wasn’t watching us! He had no idea what we were doing."

PEOPLE has reached out to Burnett and the production companies associated with the show and had not received a response, at press time.

Fellow season 1 contender Bowie Hogg recalled Burnett quickly reneging on his promise to not put cameras in the bathroom of their temporary communal residence, with the author noting that Burnett "couldn’t help himself, and he eventually brought the cameras into the bathroom to collect footage of the contestants getting ready."

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There were also alleged incidents of "hazing," with season 2 star Rob Flanagan recalling during the interview rounds that there were "some attacks, not from Mark, but his team."

In another incident, Burnett reportedly told contestant Chris Russo that he was cutting him during the audition round because his wife was pregnant, saying that the player was "going to want to leave" if something happened to his wife or unborn child. Russo promised that he wouldn't exit abruptly if something were to happen, and Burnett made Russo "repeat his loyalty to The Apprentice over his unborn child until the producer was satisfactorily convinced."

Mark Burnett hired "rejected" Apprentice contestants to be junior producers

As the show started to come together, the author claimed Burnett hired a group of junior producers, "many of them rejected Apprentice contestants." He reportedly referred to this group internally as "the Dream Team."

The bunch would "run around Manhattan, doing mock trials of the tasks to make sure they worked in real time and ironing out hiccups before the actual contestants took them on."

Trump "almost presented himself as a Broadway character" during filming

Season 1 player Sam Solovey recalled his first introductory meeting with Trump in the show's iconic boardroom alongside his castmates, saying, "He almost presented himself as a Broadway character."

"When you go to a Broadway show, there’s a certain manner in which an actor is supposed to stand onstage, because they don’t use their hands," Solovey said. "Certain aspects of posture, cadence — he adopted all of that."

But Solovey recalled it not coming across as "natural."

"I don’t think people really analyze it, but it clearly was intentional," he said, in the book. "I believe the way that he presents himself is a larger sort of performance art. Just watching him, everything from the hands, the way he puts his fingers together and claps, the pointing fingers, the length of his ties, always wearing suits ... And I don’t think it’s natural—especially the speech pattern and the way he stands. It doesn’t hurt that he’s a tall guy and physically big. It’s all part of a product."

Trump would get "too close" to the contestants

According to the book's author, Burnett would move axed contestants — who still didn't have access to their wallets or other important personal belongings — into rooms at the Drake Hotel to avoid spoilers from getting out. This is when Trump allegedly "violated the golden rule of reality TV: never get too close to the contestants."

Trump would allegedly "regularly invite them over to his office, simply to hang out. They all had the ability to reach him. All they had to do was call his assistant." He'd even offer the fired male contenders some personal advice, with Bowie Hogg recalling Trump telling him to "always make sure you got a prenup," Setoodeh claims in the book.

Trump, according to former contestant Sam Solovey, would even invite the axed players over to his apartment. The author alleges that Trump "enlisted the fired contestants as his helpers long before the first episode of The Apprentice aired, back when they were still being held without their wallets in New York City hotel rooms during production."

Trump allegedly had various inappropriate interactions with female contestants

The book also recounts a few encounters Trump allegedly had with female contestants, including Trump's fixation with season 4 contender Jennifer Murphy.

"It was mostly among the men [on the show], where he’d say, 'Oh, she’s hot. Oh, I’d love to sleep with her.' Jennifer Murphy —t hat’s who he’d talk about,'" season 4 winner Randal Pinkett said in the book, noting that "There’s no place for those conversations in a business context" and that "It was unacceptable."

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Although Murphy, who previously met Trump through his Miss USA pageant system, didn't win the season, she says that Trump would go on to forge a close bond with her post-show. He allegedly sent her to meetings with his top executives and eventually offered her two jobs, which she later turned down. But before that, the pair had an interaction in which he kissed her on the lips after a one-on-one meeting at his office, she recalls in the book.

"I mean, he didn't push it," Murphy said, noting that she "wasn't offended" by it. "It was like, one, two, three — no tongue. I just let him give me the kiss. And I kind of turned red."

Murphy also recalled Trump smacking her on her butt "a little" after they shot an Access Hollywood segment together.

Season 5 contestant   Summer Zervos' allegations of Trump kissing and later sexually assaulting her were mentioned, as well. But she declined to address the matter for the book.

Randal Pinkett recalled the aftermath of his then-controversial decision that led to him becoming the season 4 winner

In season 4, Trump presented Randal Pinkett with the option of sharing his win with eventual runner-up Rebecca Jarvis, but Pinkett declined the offer.

"I think he made himself unpopular by not doing it," Trump said, in the book. "He said no, and most people thought — especially the way I put it — he’d say yes. That’s his problem."

But Pinkett believes Trump attempted to dilute his win due to the color of his skin. “In retrospect, I would argue this: it was a combination of racism and sexism," Pinkett said, in the book.

Both Pinkett and Trump "took heat" for how they reacted in the moment. Eventually, Pinkett "confronted" Trump during a one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower where the show's publicist Jim Dowd, whom the winner hired, sat in to mediate.

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Though Pinkett did go on to work with Trump, as the only Black person in an executive role, the working relationship only lasted a year and they are no longer on favorable terms.

"I think Donald’s a racist," Pinkett told the author. "And I think he consciously and unconsciously and deliberately cast Black people in a negative light."

PEOPLE reached out to Trump's team for comment and did not receive a response.

Trump's presidential run was discouraged by NBC

From Trump's perspective, NBC applied the pressure to persuade him against a presidential run, the book details. Mark Burnett even called him regularly to talk him out of it, and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke was also trying to dissuade him.

"We talked him out of running for president," said Bob Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC Entertainment.

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Still set on running, Trump later expressed renewed interest in the idea. The businessman even claimed that he turned down the opportunity to host The Apprentice for another five seasons so that he could run for office.

"Steve Burke came up to see me with Paul Telegdy, and essentially said the same thing, 'We’ll give you anything you want,'" he recalled. "I said, 'Steve, I just don’t want to do it. I’ve done it enough. I’ve done 14 seasons in 12 years. I don’t need the money. I want to do other things.'"

Trump planned for his children to be his successors on The Apprentice , had the show continued amid his political turn

After leaving the franchise on his own terms, Trump still had ideas about how to keep it going — and who should take over his former role, the book explains.

"I said, 'The best person to hire would be Ivanka Trump ,'" he said of his daughter, who began regularly appearing on the show alongside fellow Trump family members part-way through its run. "I didn’t press it. But I felt Ivanka would have been by far the best person you could hire.”

Trump also wanted his sons, Don Jr. and Eric , to take over as judges. "It was going to be the three of us. There were talks for a little while about it," Eric said.

However, according to Trump, "NBC didn’t like it, because it became like a family thing ... And then they came back with Arnold Schwarzenegger ."

The Terminator actor was eventually tapped to helm The Celebrity Apprentice for one season before the franchise ended for good.

Donald Trump Jr.'s alleged affair with Aubrey O'Day on The Celebrity Apprentice

Clay Aiken , a fellow contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice , claimed that Aubrey O'Day was the only contestant that had Don Jr.'s phone number. He also said the pair's affair "was not a well-kept secret," and she later confirmed it to him when they were both performing at an event in St. Petersburg, Fl.

Aiken said there "probably should have been" rules against a reality TV show judge helping out a contestant with whom they're secretly romantically involved, indicating that American Idol — the show he came in second place on in 2003 — had "very strict FCC-regulated rules."

Arsenio Hall "felt guilty" about appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice

According to Aiken, who grew close to Arsenio Hall during their time on The Celebrity Apprentice , the comedian confided in him about his conflicting feelings about joining the show.

"Arsenio felt guilty for a while," Aiken said, in the book. Arsenio explained to me people think he’s racist because he’s been asking for [Barack] Obama ’s birth certificate. I thought he was doing it for attention. I didn’t tie those things together."

Hall was later crowned that season's winner and went on to have a big career comeback. However, Aiken said: "Arsenio was worried doing the show might make him appear to be tacitly endorsing Trump in some way. And he told me afterwards he thought Trump probably just chose him to not make himself look racist."

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