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The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (Book 5)
The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (Book 5)
The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (Book 5)
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The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (Book 5)

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"I've already drunk my fill of blood, so live a little longer. Breathe fora while and watch what's about to unfold."

Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. Will Tom's new bag of tricks be enough to overcome a critical mistake that leaves him confronting Bloodeye on his own?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 28, 2009
ISBN9780061829826
Author

Joseph Delaney

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.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the fifth offering from Joseph Delaney from the Wardstone Chronicles. This series is going to evolve into a history of the County, were the main characters are based ,and, at the moment , there is no limit to the number of books to be written. This is by far one of the best in the series and shows how the author has settled into the storylines and characters. Once again we have the protagonist, Tom Ward, being sent out from the security of his masters home in Chippenden to stay for a short while with an ex-apprentice of his master to be hardened up... This is lieterally a painful lesson for Tom. However the atmosphere built by the author is astounding and you will almost feel you are walking the corridors of the dilapidated haunted old mill were he stays. It is here were Tom has to confront his drunken temporary new master, his wild ferocious dogs and the ghosts of the undead. This is only the start as the story takes us to confront the power of Water Witches, the Devils own daughter and ultimately even face the Devil himself. The settings are stunning and the authors skill takes you to these places. Most of the locations exist and the book becomes even more realistic if you have ever visted Lancashire, the County, Morecombe Bay and The Lake District. As usual the pace is swift and almost manic fom page one with the usual twists and turns and culminating in many questions that we will have to wait to find the answers for. It says on the back cover "Not to be read after dark" and, with this volume that is certainy true. One of the spookiest books so far this year. This is an author to be watched if you enjoy this genre of writing. A fine piece of writing with wonderful plots, characters and scene setting.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The spook’s mistake The fallen will rise again in terror fleeing from the spook’s apprentice. Until one day the fiend (aka the devil) had come to conquer the Earth, from every corner of the County the darkness and death had woken up to steal their revenge and that is where it all started. His master John Gregory had placed him to test his own strength and endurance so that he can learn from another spook Bill Arkwright. He taught him well but it was one dangerous mistake, had the spook made his first mistake? He had to join the dark forces to defeat the dark. It is a quest for survival, danger and mystery. Action explodes from every page; you will have to hold your breath until the end. I recommend this book for any person between the age of 7 to 100 there are also sequels to this book and I have chosen part five. I really enjoyed this book hoping to finish it as quickly as possible so I could read the next one.By Ben Piotrowski
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The fifth book in the Last Apprentice series, Tomas was been able survive this long. Now, though, a new danger is lurking. A witch named Bloodeye has been roaming. Tom is sent to Bill Arkwright, another Spook. The tactics of Arkwright are extremely harsh, but they do work. As the training with Bill continues, the Spook goes missing. Tom finds him, and gets an unexpected ally.This book is not for the faint of heart. Other than that, this book is very decent. Joseph has done a very consistent job so far, which is a daunting feat. The detail is at its best it's gruesome. The suspense is enough to keep you going, but not so much that you have to go to the end because you're dying to know what happens. Altogether a very fine read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Exciting

    More than once we fear the worse with the fend chasing Tom. And the scenes where he shows himself are amazing.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye is a book by Joseph Delaney. Tom Ward is continuing his apprentice with the spook. The spook has decided to let his former apprentice teach Tom some skill in fighting. Tom has to leave the spook and Alice behind. During his apprentice with Bill Akrwight, Tom has to face boggarts and water witches. He must even fight a water witch called the bloodeye.This is a very good book. I especially like it because it is an action book. I also like it because it surprises you every few seconds. I don't think the book ever got boring. I mainly like Tom's fight with the bloodeye. I also liked how she could use her eye to paralyze her victims. I think this book is more for early teens, although others may like it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is starting to be my favorite horror fantasy book franchise. I really like this franchise because the details helps me explain what is happening in this book. It is scary, and wicked because it has witches in this book franchise. Again this is one of my favorite horror fantasy book franchise ever
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm really enjoying this series so far. I find Alice the most interesting character. Not so say any other character is boring, because they aren't. The story is well written and all of the beasts(boggarts, witches,etc.) are a joy to learn about. I'd recommend to others.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wrath of the Bloodeye --- just might be my favorite in The Last Apprentice series to date. It is the fifth book, and intriguing and compelling. After a band of military deserters over power and attempt to sell Thomas Ward into the army as a soldier,the Spook, Old Gregory, wants to toughen up his young apprentice. Also, he is concerned about the Fiend (from book 4) being loose, and possibly still after Ward.The decision is made that for six months, Bill Arkwright (a former apprentice and current Spook in a neighboring County), will teach Ward. They will focus on fighting and defending ones self. Arkwright has additional demons that are out of control, and though Gregory is aware of them, he still believes sending Ward is the best move. Not wanting to be away from Alice, Ward reluctantly agrees to the temporary assignment. The newest threat is Morwena, a water witch. Where many witches cannot cross running water, a water witch thrives in it. They are very dangerous. Arkwright and Ward must battle the creature. It looks like the Fiend is closing in on Ward as well.With dangerous bogs, and rising tides, with people kidnapped, and witches everywhere, Ward finds himself in a desperate place where he must choose between doing what is right, and doing what will save more lives. Choices are all around him. Many will only serve to anger Gregory. Most will save his life.Great secrets of family lineage are revealed. The book ends on a terrible cliff hanger. I want to say more about how upsetting the last few chapters are, but will not spoil it for readers.All I can tell you is I am thrilled I have Book 6 sitting right beside me!Phillip TomassoAmazon Best Selling AuthorThe Vaccination TrilogyDamn the DeadYoung Blood: The Nightbreed Saga
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This series in unbelievably good and it does not flag as it goes on. The characters are all singular and believable. Evil is not completely evil and Good is not entirely good. The plot flies. Delaney always lands on his feet and the story just races to the end. New characters are introduced in this book and old ones return. Delaney does not fall back on Deus ex machina; the story unfolds for the reader just as it does for Tom. The confusion in the plot, the lack of a firm place to stand are all very life-like. I highly recommend this book and all the others in the series as well.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another fabulous book in the Wardstone Chronicles series. It is definitely gettng darker and darker as the story progresses. This time Tom is sent to spent 6 months with Mr. Gregory's ex-apprentice Bill Arkwright. He soon learns that his life with Mr. Gregory is not the only life of an apprentice and must deal with his separation from Alice.I didn't like some of the events involving Alice, but I have hope that things will straighten themselves out later. I do however like the confusion and suspicions I have, not being too sure what is real and what is false. Who the good guys are and who they aren't.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Water Witches...

    Wrath of the Bloodeye is the fifth book in The Last Apprentice/Wardstone Chronicles series. All of the main characters, Tom, Alice and the Spook are once again battling the dark. Tom has a temporary new master, Bill Arkwright, for six months to teach him all of the things he needs to know to battle water witches. He gets to put that knowledge to use pretty quickly. Alice, my favorite character and Tom get into some trouble with the Spook in this one so I'm looking forward to the next book to see what happens with that.  

    My 10-year old son likes listening to this series with me in the car too. We really like the narrator and the voices he uses for the characters. There is never a dull moment either so once we start listening to him, we both get right into the story. Overall a really fun series! Moving on to book six...
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    For maximum enjoyment, the Last Apprentice series should be read in the order. That said, Wrath of the Bloodeye (volume 5) can still be enjoyed as a standalone novel without having read the previous volumes. I read volume one and then skipped over the next three to read this one. While there is a clear subplot and many references to events that happened in the intervening volumes, the main plot is independent of the others and I still enjoyed it greatly. In Bloodeye, apprentice Tom Ward is sent to the Lake District for additional training from that area's spook. This new setting is rich in all things wet and soggy; bogs and fogs, swamps and mires, canals, moats and deadly tidal plains. It is equally rich in all the evil beasties that make water their home. There are selkies, skelts, spirits of drowning victims and, deadliest of all, the water witches. Tom's new master, Bill Arkwright, is a fascinating character, tormented by demons both inside and out. He is a hard and angry man but Tom manages to see the value of his training and accompanies Arkwright on a mission to capture Morwena, the worst of the district's water witches. When tragedy leaves Tom on his own it is up to him to call upon all that he has learned to defeat Morwena alone. Delaney is great in setting an atmosphere of impending danger and Bloodeye does not disappoint. The reader is always convinced that something wicked is waiting just a few feet away in the fog and Delany seldom disappoints us. Bloodeye was hard to put down.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Taking up immediately after the ending of book four, book five in the Last Apprentice series still delivers the goods. Not a stand alone story, one must have at least read book four, if not all the others, in order to understand what happens in this book and which characters are on which side of the battling forces of good and evil. This series has not petered out, the action, the frightening events and scenes, the ongoing developments of Tom's apprentice training, and additional insight into the main characters, remains steady and intriguing. I did not feel AS frightened in this book as in the others, but the reader will not be disappointed. The fear and chills are still there to keep the eerie intensity and high suspense alive. There are a good deal of high action scenes to keep you riveted to the book and to keep the pages turning. I found the author put in a lot more character development to the key players, showing us that all of us have darkness as well as light within us. As Tom learns this more in this book it helps him grow and aids him in his ongoing training as he inches toward his eventual graduation to an official Spook himself some day. I also felt that this book had more of an intricate plot that leads the reader down many paths and shows us many twists and turns that are unexpected and surprising. As Tom grows, his experience broadens and the story backs this up with more of a challenging read than the earlier, simpler installments. I enjoyed this book as much as the others, I found no disappointing aspects and in fact, I thought the wonderful surprise elements at the end were quite brilliant and teasing which will have us all eagerly awaiting the next book. It appears that the author is showing us his increasing talent, as well as our young hero's. Delaney has created a fabulous horror series for young adults that just does not stop delivering terrific reads. One other thing I feel I must add and praise; the illustrations. I truly feel that these marvelous black and white illustrations and almost holographic cover designs add even more appeal to the success of these books. Each illustration evokes such a frightening feeling that the reader just cant help but feel scared to death. The art work here is truly talented and wonderful to behold. How can you not have a winning series with sensational illustrations to accompany very talented and creative stories? Bravo to both the author and the artist!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the fifth book in the Spook's Apprentice series and it is just as fantastic as the previous books have been. I am impressed that these books have continued on with such great story telling over this series.In this book Tom Ward leaves Gregory to serve 6 months under a different spook; the new spook is harsh in his methods but endeavors to teach Tom more fighting to toughen him up. During the stay though Tom finds himself again being hunted by the Fiend and his children. Most notably Morwena, The Bloodeye witch, who can paralyze any unsuspecting person with a single glance of her evil red eye.Once again this is a great story. I wish that this series was higher on the bestsellers list. It has been a consistently wonderful series. As Tom Ward gets older and gains more knowledge the plot of the book widens in breadth. Tom finds himself more embroiled with the world at large, and as the Fiend hunts him he is forced to ask himself deeper and deeper questions about what it means to be of the dark or the light.The writing is excellent, the black and white drawings add to the mood of the story, there is a ton of action, more dark creatures, and more danger than ever. I love these books. I cannot wait for the next book in the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This young adult series is consistently entertaining if written a bit "younger" than many in the genre while simultaneously being darker and gorey. I think the most interesting plot string by far is Alice, and what her nature/destiny really is. Fun quick read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    interesting and entertaining
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great read! Love the story so far it has gotten dark.