The Spook's Destiny
core novel 2011 The Wardstone Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (15,732 ratings, collected 2026-10-31) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780370331805 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
Tom Ward, Alice and John Gregory travel to the south-west of Ireland, drawn by news of a Celtic witch and a group of goat mages who intend to raise the god Pan. The land is wild and unfamiliar, and its people have their own beliefs about the old powers and the people who deal with them. Tom hears of a weapon of great age and of a blade that seems tied to his own fate. The witch assassin Grimalkin, a figure Tom has reason to fear, becomes involved. Tom must decide what he is willing to do to stop the mages, and what that choice might mean for his future as a spook.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wardstone Chronicles
- Series: The Wardstone Chronicles core; position 8 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Joseph Delaney
Notes
- From the series record (The Wardstone Chronicles): Thirteen novels following Tom Ward, apprentice to the County's spook, from 2004 to 2013.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Wardstone Chronicles: position 8 of 13: previous The Spook's Nightmare (2010) · next Spook's: I Am Grimalkin (2011)
- Internal chronology, within The Wardstone Chronicles: position 15 of 20: previous The Spook's Nightmare (2010) · next Spook's: I Am Grimalkin (2011)
Sources
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