"The powers of evil are strengthening, and only one man holds them back. Now that man needs an apprentice. Tom Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son, and he has been chosen. When one of the world's most malevolent witches escapes, Tom will face his first test. Many apprentices have come before. They have failed, or fled, or died. If Tom succeeds--and if he survives--he'll be the last apprentice"--Page 4 of cover.

After the death or disappearances of twenty-nine ghost apprentices, only twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is left to fill the position. He goes off with old Spook to learn the trade of ridding the village of evil such as witches and creepy things. Thomas is unaware that soon he must destroy the most terrifying witch of all, Mother Malkin.

Bloodeye, an ancient water witch, emerges and Tom must train under Bill Arkwright, a man who has unusual training techniques, in order to fight her.

In this title, Derek Landy, Philip Reeve, Joseph Delaney, Susan Cooper, Eleanor Updale, Jamila Gavin, Mal Peet, Matt Haig, Berlie Doherty, Robin Jarvis and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you ten ghost stories: from a ghost walk around York; to a drowned boy, who's determined to find someone to play with; to a lost child trapped in a mirror, ready to pull you in; to devilish creatures, waiting with bated breath for their next young victim;...