Skulduggery,Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series - and their most epic test yet...
In a matter of days,the world will change.
Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final,desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones - she who is destined to bring about the return of humankind's ancient overlords.
To prevent this,Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have one last - terrible - option: the assassination of Damocles Creed. With protests stirring in the magical city of Roarhaven,with riots and revolutions on the horizon,Valkyrie must decide who she wants to be: the hero who risks everything for a noble ideal,or the killer who sacrifices her own soul for the fate of humanity.
The decision must be made,and time is running out.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008386344Number of pages: 608Weight: 420 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mm
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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
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 Skulduggery,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
Derek Landy
As the helmsman of the wildly-successful Skulduggery Pleasant series,Derek Landy exchanged a life as a sometime writer of screenplays to,almost overnight,becoming one of the world's biggest names in children's fiction. Debuting in 2007,Skulduggery Pleasant took its readers on a wild ride to the undead,where the niece of a famous horror writer suddenly discovers that what he was writing wasn't so fictional after all. In 2015,Landy briefly stepped away from his Skulduggery duties to pen a fresh trilogy for young adults,Demon Road,and as something of a Whovian,contributed a tale to the Doctor Who collection 12 Doctors 12 Stories.
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