Main Plot
The Wardstone Chronicles follows Thomas "Tom" Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son that is apprenticed to John Gregory to become a Spook. Tom soon discovers that most of John's apprentices have failed for various reasons, including being killed in the process of learning how to be a Spook. As the series progresses the focus of the series shifts from Tom to other characters such as the assassin Grimalkin and also develops the plot line of Tom being destined to either save the world or destroy it.
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