'I am Grimalkin and I have already chosen those I will kill.'Grimalkin has made it her lifetime ambition to destroy the Fiend, avenging the brutal murder of her son.Hvaing grudgingly joined forces with the Spook and his apprentice, Tom, and assisted them in the binding of the Fiend, she is now on the run. and her mission is deadly.In order to bind the Fiend's spirit for ever Grimalkin must keep his severed head in her possesion. No matter who - or what - comes after it . . . This latest chilling instalment in the Wardstone Chronicles follows Grimalkin, the terrifying witch assassin, feared wherever she is known.