The Last Apprentice: Lure of the Dead (Book 10)

The tenth book in the internationally best-selling fantasy adventure series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. Back at home, but in no less danger, Tom will face a tragic love story, an unforgivable sacrifice, and a new creature of the dark that terrorizes a village with its thirst for blood.

Tom Ward, the Spook's apprentice, and his master have bound the Fiend at last. But now Tom must use his powers as the seventh son of a seventh son to put an end to the source of evil once and for all. When the Spook is captured by bloodthirsty creatures of the dark, Tom must vanquish a god, avenge his master, and protect the person he loves most—Alice—from himself. The Last Apprentice series is soon to be a major motion picture, Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou and Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin. It's a suspenseful thrill-ride that's "spine-tingling" (Publishers Weekly) and "anything but tame" (Horn Book). But don't read it after dark!

• Master and Apprentice: When the Spook is captured by bloodthirsty creatures from Romania, his apprentice Tom Ward must step up to avenge him—and survive the fallout alone.
• An Impossible Sacrifice: To destroy the Fiend for good, Tom must perform a dark ritual. The price is the person he loves most: Alice.
• Witches and Demons: From the deadly witch assassin Grimalkin to the soul-stealing strigoi, Tom must navigate a world where alliances are fragile and every shadow hides a new monster.
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Tom was born with special powers to fight the dark. But as he faces a terrifying vampire god, he’ll discover that his greatest gifts—and greatest weaknesses—come from his own bloodline.