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The Spook's Curse

Wardstone Chronicles 2

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The Spook's Curse

By: Joseph Delaney
Narrated by: Will Thorp
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About this listen

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark.

Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts and boggarts. But now they have unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral, lurks the Spook’s nemesis - the Bane. A creature he has never been able to defeat. As Thomas and his master prepare for the battle of their lives it becomes clear that the Bane isn’t their only enemy in town. The Quisitor has arrived, searching the county for those who meddle with the dark – witches, warlocks and Spooks! When the Spook is arrested and sentenced to death it's up to Thomas, with a little help from his old friend Alice, to rescue his master and destroy the curse of Priestown

©2005 Joseph Delaney (P)2011 Random House Audio Go Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Magic Users Witchcraft Magic

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Lovely listen, any fantasy listener will love this! Great follow up the the first and looking forward to the rest of the series

Fantasy lover

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absolutely love listening to these, and the narration is fantastic and gripping! gets me rightly involved

great!

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Very exiting with the final battle against the Bane as my favourate part. Smiley Face.

Good Book

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An impressive follow up to the first book in the Ward Stone Chronicles. The tension never lets up throughout the entire story. Truly gripping.

Well that escalated quickly

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Great story but found the narrator’s accent an irritant. It’s full of glottal stops - coun’y for county; wa’er for water, etc. It sounds like a Londoner putting on a Lancashire accent. The east Lancashire accent, which is where our characters come from, puts a heavy emphasis on a T. I’ve never heard a Lancastrian - I’m one myself - use a glottal stop like this. The narrator of the first book much better.

Shame about narrator’s accent

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