About the Author

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.

Reviews

Praise for The Last Apprentice series: "The Last Apprentice series continues to be one of the best written of the last several years." -- ALA Booklist"This is the stuff of skin-prickling campfire stories." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Anything but tame." -- Horn Book (starred review)"Delaney's mastery of suspense will grip even reluctant readers with his dramatic, beautifully paced prose." -- The Times (London)