There are a lot of interesting things that the author adds into his books. All of the towns in his books are real towns around the area of England where he lives. Also the stories that he shares are involved with ghost stories, and legends. This is interesting because some …show more content…
Tom the spook, and Alice have had to flee from the war in England and have decided to go this location. They arrived in February, which is a cold period, and it goes all through the year. It is a very dangerous place to be because Tom was warned to never appear in Ireland. A witch Morrigan made the threat because Tom killed her twin sister.
The main characters in this story consist of Tom Ward, Alice Deane, and The Spook. Tom has been The Spook’s apprentice for 3 years, and is having to take on many responsibilities. Another character is Alice Deane. She is a witch, which are supposed to be bad, who is struggling to not use the dark. She is the Fiends daughter, which makes her a very powerful, and potential servant of the dark. The Spook is a very experienced. He has been fighting the dark for many years. He is always being very protective, and cautious of what he does.
The main problem of the story is The Fiend. He is trying to take Tom’s, and Alice’s soul because of what they did to him in previous books. Tom has a blood jar, which is permitting him to stay away from the fiend, but it is losing its effect and they need to find a permanent solution of how to get rid of him. The problem with this is that the fiend almost has the same amount of power as the devil himself. He has a domain in the other world, he can stop time when he wants to, and he also can appear wherever he wants whenever he wants unless there is some dark magic being