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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

A NEW DARKNESS. Copyright © 2014 by Joseph Delaney. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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First published in 2014 in Great Britain by The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, under the title The Starblade Chronicles: A New Darkness.
First published in 2014 in the United States by Greenwillow Books.

The right of Joseph Delaney to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Delaney, Joseph, (date.)
A new darkness / Joseph Delaney.
“Greenwillow Books.”
pages cm

Summary: Although his apprenticeship was not done when John Gregory died, Tom Ward spent years learning to fight boggarts, witches, demons, and more and feels prepared to be the new county Spook, but while his youth causes many people to distrust him, Jenny is determined to be his apprentice.

ISBN 978-0-06-233453-4 (hardback)

EPub Edition July 2014 ISBN 9780062334558

[1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Apprentices—Fiction. 3. Monsters—Fiction. 4. Witches—Fiction. 5. Horror stories.] I. Title.

PZ7.D373183New 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2014011963

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