The Last Apprentice Books in Order

Alice Deane, witch and Tom Ward’s closest friend, narrates her journey into the Dark itself. To secure the final weapon needed to destroy the Fiend, she must walk through the worst memories of her past and decide what she is willing to sacrifice.

In the final Last Apprentice volume, Tom confronts the Fiend in a last battle for the County’s soul. Allies like Alice, Grimalkin and a powerful boggart stand beside him, but victory will demand heartbreaking sacrifices and may cost Tom everything he loves.

Far from the Spook’s County, the bloodthirsty creature Slither feeds on humans in a lawless borderland. After striking a bargain with a dying farmer, he escorts two young sisters toward safety, only to be drawn into a brutal war among the Dark’s servants.

With the Fiend bound at last, Tom returns to the County and discovers a village terrorised by blood drinking creatures from beyond its borders. When the Spook is captured and a tragic love story unfolds, Tom must face a new godlike enemy almost alone.

Driven across the sea, Tom, the Spook and Alice travel to Ireland, where goat mages plan to raise the ancient god Pan. Amid strange landscapes and new allies, Tom discovers the Destiny Blade, a weapon that offers power at a terrible cost.

This short tale follows Grimalkin before she became the Malkin clan’s feared assassin. Through battles, hard choices and the loss that fuels her hatred of the Fiend, it shows how she forged the ruthless code she lives by in the main Spook’s books.

Told from Grimalkin’s viewpoint, this story follows the fearsome witch assassin as she carries the Fiend’s severed head across hostile territory. Hunted by monstrous enemies created solely to kill her, she must rely on wits, blades and a fragile alliance with Tom.

In this darkly comic story, young Alice Deane is taken to be trained as a witch by her terrifying aunt and the aunt’s brain eating familiar, Spig. Their vicious rivalry spirals toward a grisly showdown that will shape Alice’s future.

Returning from war, Tom and the Spook find their home destroyed and their enemies freed. Fleeing to the island of Mona with Alice, they face an old foe reborn and a creeping horror beneath the ground that threatens to swallow the island.

To face a rising water witch called Bloodeye, Tom is sent north to train under the hard drinking, haunted Spook Bill Arkwright. Brutal lessons, a cursed marsh and the Fiend’s growing interest in Tom push the apprentice to his limits.

Tom’s mother returns from her distant homeland to raise an army against Ordeen, an ancient witch goddess poised to break into the world. Joining forces with Pendle witches and Grimalkin, Tom must choose between his duty to the Spook and his blood family.

Sent to the Spook’s bleak winter house on Anglezarke Moor, Tom finds restless spirits, a vengeful necromancer and a monstrous entity known as the Golgoth. Secrets from his master’s past surface, forcing Tom to decide how far he will go for loyalty.

Rumors of witch clans uniting in Pendle draw Tom, the Spook and Alice into a deadly conspiracy. To save his family and the County, Tom must navigate rival covens, betrayals and the first whispers of an enemy far worse than any witch.

Tom and the Spook travel to Priestown to confront the Bane, a powerful demon trapped beneath the cathedral. As an Inquisition hunts anyone linked to the Dark, Tom must protect his friend Alice and face a creature that can invade minds.

Young farm boy Tom Ward, seventh son of a seventh son, is apprenticed to the local Spook, Old Gregory. When Tom ignores a warning about a dangerous witch imprisoned on the moor, he unleashes an ancient evil that he alone must contain.