The Spook's Curse
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The Spook's Curse

by Joseph Delaney

2005•Fantasy•455 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyhorroradventurefresh & originalimaginarylinearrescue/escape/jeopardyall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, rid the county of witches, ghosts, boggarts, and other creatures of the dark. And there’s some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat. The Bane!

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyHorrorAdventureRescue/escape/jeopardyAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

ApprenticesParanormal fictionJuvenile fictionSupernaturalWitchesOccult fictionFantasyHorror

Details

Author
Joseph Delaney
Published
2005
Pages
455
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