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Skulduggery Pleasant - by Derek Landy (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Skulduggery Pleasant is dead.
- 560 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
- Series Name: Skulduggery Pleasant
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About the Book
Skulduggery Pleasant is dead. Valkyrie Cain is cool. Omen Darkly is neither.
Book Synopsis
Skulduggery Pleasant is dead. Valkyrie Cain is cool. Omen Darkly is neither.
War is coming.
To avert catastrophe, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent on a secret mission that takes them away from everything they know, to a forsaken land of magic and grim, unrelenting terror. It is here that Valkyrie will have to fight the hardest -- not only against the enemies who want her dead, but also against her own self-destructive impulses. It's only by crawling through darkness that she'll be able to once again stand in the light...
Review Quotes
Praise for Skulduggery Pleasant:
'A gripping debut.' Phil Hogan, Observer
'Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages ... It's a good job Harry's [Potter] resigning before he's forcibly retired.' Irish Mail on Sunday
'Hugely enjoyable - a thrill-a-minute adventure.' Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus Trilogy
'It's exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun. I sincerely hope Landy revisits these characters.' Philip Ardagh, Guardian
'Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure. Once you've met Stephanie and Skullduggery, you'll be clamouring for a sequel.' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series
'A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue.' Robert Dunbar, Irish Times
'A rip-roaring adventure.' Irish Sunday Independent
Praise for Derek Landy:
'Landy [has the] ability to craft an engaging story from start to finish.' Inis
'Derek Landy has been something of a publishing phenomenon.' Irish Post
About the Author
Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."