Аннотация
Joseph Delaney
Spook’s Apprentice
The highest point in the County
is marked by mystery.
It is said that a man died there in a
great storm, while binding an evil
that threatened the whole world.
Then the ice came again, and when it
retreated, even the shapes of the
hills and the names of the towns
in the valleys were changed.
now, at that highest point on
the fells, no trace remains of what
was done so long ago,
but its name has endured.
They call it -
The Wardstone.
Chapter 1
A Seventh Son
When the Spook arrived, the light was already beginning to fail. It had been a long, hard day and I was ready for my supper.
‘You’re sure he’s a seventh son?’ he asked. He was looking down at me and shaking his head doubtfully.
Dad nodded.
‘And you were a seventh son too?’
Dad nodded again and started stamping his feet impatiently, splattering my breeches...
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