Brother Wulf

Brother Wulf is a novice monk, and his monastery has given him an assignment: watch Spook Johnson and prove him a fraud. The Church has taught Wulf all his life that Spooks serve evil rather than guard against it, so he expects to find a charlatan.

What he finds are creatures that are terrifyingly real. Johnson fights them, and Wulf soon understands that his own survival depends on trusting the man he came to expose.

Then a powerful adversary overwhelms Johnson. With no one else to turn to, Wulf makes his way to Chipenden, where the young Spook Tom Ward lives. Tom's abilities leave Wulf both uneasy and reassured.

A conspiracy pulls the two of them in, and it puts Tom, his ally Alice and all they have fought for at risk. A new and horrifying enemy is rising, and Wulf is the one placed to stop it.

This is dark fantasy and the first book of a new series set in the world of the Wardstone Chronicles. Wulf is a reluctant hero, pulled well beyond anything he believed about the world, and the book follows his doubt turning into dangerous commitment.