Joseph Delaney

Welcome to Arena 13. Here warriors fight. Death is never far away....

The dark is full of terrifying creatures. And Tom Ward - the seventh son of a seventh son, and the Spook's last apprentice - hasn't seen all of them....

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil....

Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts....

Following the first year of his apprenticeship as an Arena 13 combatant, Leif seeks information from his late father's people....

It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke....

Nobody enters here after dark. Come back in the morning... if you're still breathing....

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

One witch is the most feared, the most ruthless, and the most deadly of all the witches in the county. If she hunts for you, she will find you. If you have crossed her, you don't stand a chance....

Crafty halted, his heart lurching with fear, his mouth dry. There were bare footprints in the white snow, and each one was smeared with red, as if the owner of those clawed feet had stepped in a puddle of blood.... 

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Beast Awakens by Joseph Delaney, read by Lee Ingleby....

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Arena 13: The Warrior Joseph Delaney....

As the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward's first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures....

An assassin lurks in the darkness between earth and oblivion - but who are they, and what is their mission?

Thomas Ward was working as the new County Spook, fighting the Dark with his own apprentice....

Something is terrorizing the villages of the county. People are dying - covered in blood, their faces frozen in fear. But with not a wound on their bodies....

Alice is the most powerful witch the county has ever seen. She may one day be the most evil. But Alice is also the best friend - and true love - of Tom Ward. Together they work to defeat the Fiend....

The Spook, Tom and Alice travel to Ireland, fleeing from the war in the County....

As Tom, the Spook and their allies prepare to battle with the Fiend on a huge scale, to finally enact their revenge, it now remains to be seen whether Mam's declaration will come true....

A dangerous few months lie ahead, ones which some of us will be hard-pressed to survive....