A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles #1) -

Joseph Delaney

Bodley Head

2014

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 0370332210

A chilling new trilogy from the author of the internationally bestselling The Last Apprentice series! Tom Ward is an apprentice no longer—now he is a fully fledged spook battling boggarts, witches, and other creatures of the dark. This three-book arc will introduce brand-new readers to Joseph Delaney’s haunting world, and delight longtime fans.

Tom Ward is the spook, the one person who can defend the county from ghosts, ghasts, boggarts, witches, and other bloodthirsty creatures of the dark. But he’s only seventeen, and his apprenticeship was cut short when his master died in battle. No one trusts Tom’s skill, not till he’s proven himself. And a fifteen-year-old girl named Jenny knows more about the three mysterious deaths in the county than Tom does. She is a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and she wants to be Tom’s first apprentice—even though a female spook is unheard of. Together, Tom and Jenny will uncover the grave danger heading straight toward the county, and they’ll team up with a witch assassin to confront it.

A New Darkness begins a three-book series that will introduce new readers to Joseph Delaney’s deliciously scary imagination and delight his longtime fans. A New Darkness is perfect for every reader who loves thrills, chills, action, and adventure-no prior knowledge of the Last Apprentice series necessary!

The Last Apprentice series, the first internationally bestselling series about Tom Ward, is soon to be a major motion picture, Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou, and Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin

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3.5 (Bom)

Continuação de Wardstone Chronicles

Não concordo com a classificação que dão a essa trilogia, que é, de spin-off. Pois, quem leu Wardstone Chronicles, sabe que a ameça apenas foi adiada. Tendo isso em vista, aqui já acompanhamos Tom em sua indepência como o Caça-feitiço do Condado e mostrando como tempo diferentes requerem métodos diferentes. Achei uma ótima sacada a existência de sétimas filhas de sétimas filhas, e toda dinâmica da Jenny com o Tom funcionou muito bem. A única coisa realmente negativa para mim desse livro, foi o final totalmente abrupto, mas creio que foi proposital por parte do autor. Gostei bastante, e, creio que tem potencial para terminar de forma mais épica do que Wardstone Chronicles.