The Spook’s Battle

***’Pendle District is riddled with witches . . . The biggest problem we face is their sheer numbers. You see that’s right at the heart of the threat we face – that the witch clans might unite.’* ** * * * In Pendle the witches are rising and the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together, they will be capable of raising the dark made flesh – the Devil himself. Tom and the Spook need to set off for Pendle to avert the unthinkable. Before they go, the Spook tells Tom to journey home and collect the trunks Mam left behind for him. But what dark family secrets are contained in the trunks? And will they place Tom’s family in even greater danger? **The fourth chilling installment of *The Wardstone Chronicles* , the series that inspired the forthcoming movie *The Seventh Son* , starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore.**