The Spook's Nightmare

The Spook's Nightmare
The first edition cover of The Spook's Nightmare published by Bodley Head
Author	Joseph Delaney
Genre	Horror, Chiller, Children's Book, Mild Fantasy, Weird Fiction
Publishers	Bodley Head (UK Hardback) Red Fox (UK Paperback) Greenwillow Books (US Edition)
Release Date	May 27th 2010
Place in the series	Book Seven
Pages	400 (UK) 448 (US)
Preceded by	The Spook's Sacrifice
Followed by	The Spook's Destiny

The Spook's Nightmare is the seventh novel in the children's book series The Wardstone Chronicles written by English author Joseph Delaney. The novel was originally published on May 27th 2010 by Bodley Head in hardback but since then it has been released in paperback (published by Red Fox). The book also due to be released in the US as The Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress on August 17th 2010 due to 'spook' may be viewed as a racist term to some of the American population.

Book Description

The Spook, Tom and Alice return from Greece to find the County under siege - and the Spook's home is burnt to the ground. With his precious library of knowledge destroyed, they seek refuge on the nearby island of Mona. But with Mona in the thrall of a twisted Shaman there is little respite from hostility or denizens of the dark. And as Alice dodges the ever-tightening net of the island's witch hunters, a more deadly enemy emerges . . . Bony Lizzie, freshly-escaped from the Spook's bonds, has grand ambitions: to take for herself the throne of isle. She has harnessed the services of a tunnel-dwelling buggane, an evil creature which thrives on stealing the animas, or life force, from its unsuspecting victims. With the buggane as her secret weapon can she become an all-powerful Witch Queen?

Book Chapters

1. Red with Blood
2. You Ain't Dead Yet!
3. 'The Old Man'
4. Rats with Wings
5. The Abhuman
6. Another Dead One!
7. Thumb-Bones were Taken
8. Buggane Lore
9. The Attack of the Buggane
10. A Dangerous Opponent
11. The Witch's Pet
12. The Boneyard's Eye
13. My Gift to the County
14. Fight to the Death
15. Thumb-Bones
16. Your Master's Worst Nightmare
17. Stone Dead
18. A Lost Spirit
19. The Grim Cache
20. Immense Power
21. Prepared to Fight
22. The Battle at Tynwald Hill
23. Nightmares
24. Terrifying Things
25. The Beating of Wings
26. Corrupted by the Dark
27. I'll Take Your Bones Now!
28. The Buggane
29. One for Sorrow
30. A Full Reckoning

Gallery

The first edition cover of The Spook's Nightmare.

The cover design for The Spook's Nightmare with lettering and without colour.

The colour illustration for The Spook's Nightmare by David Wyatt.

Full cover jacket of The Spook's Nightmare.

The cover for the US version of The Spook's Nightmare, The Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress.