The first book in a chilling new trilogy from the author of the internationally bestselling Last Apprentice series! Tom Ward is an apprentice no longer—he is a full-fledged spook battling boggarts, witches, and other creatures of the dark. A New Darkness is the first in a three-book arc that introduces brand-new readers to Joseph Delaneys haunting world.Tom Ward is the Spook, the one person who can defend the county from bloodthirsty creatures of the dark. But hes only seventeen, and his apprenticeship was cut short when his master died in battle. No one trusts Toms skill, not until hes proven himself. And a fifteen-year-old girl named Jenny knows more about the three mysterious deaths in the county than Tom does. She is a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, and she wants to be Toms first apprentice—even though a female spook is unheard of.
