The Spook's Stories: Grimalkin's Tale

Joseph Delaney

Oct 2011 · The Wardstone Chronicles Book 17 · Random House

About this ebook

'I fear nobody. But my enemies fear me . . . Without ruthlessness and savagery I would not survive even a week of the life I lead. I am the witch assassin of the Malkin clan.'

Meet Grimalkin, the fearsome witch assassin, and find out how she came to take the role she now holds.

This exclusive digital short story set in the world of Joseph Delaney's best-selling series The Wardstone Chronicles first appeared in the spine-tingling collection The Spook's Stories: Witches. Now available separately for the first time, and including a preview of the first chapter of I Am Grimalkin, this is perfect for existing fans and newcomers alike. The only question is, are you brave enough . . .

Ratings and reviews

Read a few bits. Not into to gore even with a comic twist. Cutting flesh from bone aint my thing but i am going to read it and see how I like it. Everyone complaining...the book IS free and google just uses your card to register your download etc. If you havent got a card on here i am afraid you wont find much because this is the system they use.

Just a quick note to Ms Donna Keeves Driver, ironically for you, this is going to become a movie. The movie will be released with its American title witch is the seventh son. So sorry about that for you. Back to my preview. It's easy digest and a simple and fun story. If readers feel it's too simple, please keep in mind that this is actually a book series for children and young people, so it's written simple for a reason.

Interesting enough story, and it would make a great movie if the right music was used to set the mood, but it lacked 'mood'. It didn't invoke any fear in me whatsoever. No sense of danger or worry of any level because the main character was so cocksure of herself. In fact, it didn't invoke any emotion at all, not even empathy. I felt as though I was listening to a news report and nothing more.

About the author

Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.