John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer’s son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn’t?

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from “the business” on New Year’s Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.