Derek Landy

Derek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning "Dead Bodies" and the IFTA nominated "Boy Eats Girl". Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script. He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List. Derek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies. He lives in Ireland with too many cats. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to.

The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #10)

Derek Landy

When the TARDIS lands on a planet that looks identical to Earth, the Tenth Doctor and Martha are amazed to find it packed with fictional characters from her childhood. But who has the power to create an entire world out of books and why? The Doctor and Martha must solve the mystery before their story ends! Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.

Hell Breaks Loose

Derek Landy

Travel back to 1703 with Skulduggery Pleasant in this standalone novel featuring all your favourite characters. So many enemies, so little time . . . Italy, 1703. As the war with Mevolent rages on, the Dead Men are dispatched to a walled town in the Tuscan hills – not to assassinate the Lord of the Dark Sorcerers, but to save him. A rift has opened to a hellish dimension where a being of devastating power awaits, and only Mevolent is strong enough to seal it and save the world. A simple mission, then, which turns ever-so-slightly trickier when Skulduggery is presented with the opportunity to finally get revenge on Nefarian Serpine, the man who murdered him and killed his family thirteen years earlier. Return to the world of Skulduggery Pleasant in a short novel set hundreds of years before Valkyrie Cain is even born, and follow Skulduggery, Ghastly, Shudder, Ravel, Saracen, Dexter and Hopeless as they argue, bicker and battle their way through an army of their most hated enemies in order to save their oldest enemy so they can stop another, brand new, enemy… And that's when things get complicated.

The Lost Art of World Domination (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1.5)

Derek Landy

A shot of Skulduggery action for free. It isn't easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them fron revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world. Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man. But he has one thing going for him. He has his arch enemy, Skulduggery Pleasant, chained in his dungeon, and the only person who is coming to save him is the skeleton detective's 13 year old sidekick. What could possibly go wrong?

Passage der Totenbeschwörer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)

Derek Landy

Wieder einmal müssen Skulduggery und Walküre die Menschheit retten. Oder besser: die Hälfte der Menschheit. Denn die Totenbeschwörer haben endlich ihren Todbringer gefunden, der ihnen allen das ewige Leben bescheren soll. Doch für diesen besonderen Zauber braucht der Todbringer sehr viel Energie. Magische Energie, die er nur durch den Tod von – sagen wir – 3,5 Milliarden Menschen gewinnen kann. Ganz klar, dass Skulduggery und Walküre sofort zur Stelle sind, um das zu verhindern. Aber da bekommen sie Gegenwind von einer ganz unerwarteten Seite.

Duell der Dimensionen (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7)

Derek Landy

Warum haben ganz normale Sterbliche plötzlich magische Fähigkeiten? Die wenigsten können damit umgehen. Wie zum Beispiel Jerry, der sich für einen Schmetterling hält. Ausgerechnet Walküre muss ihn ständig aus der Luft holen und das nervt. Schließlich wurde sie zur Weltenretterin ausgebildet und nicht zum Babysitter für durchgeknallte Sterbliche. Aber einige dieser Neu-Magier entwickeln so starke Kräfte, dass sie eine blutige Spur der Verwüstung durch das ganze Land ziehen. Nur ein sehr mächtiger Zauberer kann ihnen diese unglaubliche Macht gegeben haben. Einer, der seinen wahren Namen kennt. So wie Walküre selbst. Und er muss unbedingt gestoppt werden!

Die Rückkehr der Toten Männer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8)

Derek Landy

Es herrscht Krieg! Doch diesmal ist es der Hohe Rat selbst, die Vereinigung aller Sanktuarien der Welt, der sich gegen die Iren wendet. Denn Irland ist eine Quelle der Magie und das weckt Begehrlichkeiten. Und so kämpfen nun Zauberer gegen Zauberer in einem sinnlosen Bruderkrieg, während im Verborgenen Hexen und Warlocks nur darauf warten, die Zauberergemeinschaft an ihrer verwundbarsten Stelle zu treffen. Aber Irland hat eine Geheimwaffe – die Toten Männer. Jene unerschrockene Truppe von Helden um Skulduggery Pleasant, die schon gegen Mevolent gekämpft haben. Und mitten unter ihnen ein neues Mitglied: Walküre Unruh, Skulduggerys erwachsen gewordene Gefährtin. Niemand ahnt, dass Walküre selbst die größte Zerstörung bringen wird ...

Das Sterben des Lichts (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

Derek Landy

Der Krieg der Sanktuarien ist beendet. Die Kinder der Spinne sind besiegt und die Gefahren durch Warlocks, Restanten und Totenbeschwörer sind vorerst eingedämmt. Doch der Kreis der Freunde um Skulduggery Pleasant ist kleiner geworden, und Walküre Unruh ist verschwunden. An ihrer Stelle kämpft nun Walküres Spiegelbild an Skulduggerys Seite. Aber es hat etwas entwickelt, das ein Spiegelbild niemals verspüren darf: Gefühle. Und es erhebt den Anspruch, die echte Stephanie zu sein. Derweil steht die ganze Zaubererwelt unter Spannung, denn es ist nur noch eine Frage der Zeit, wann Darquise zurückkehrt. Die mächtigste und schrecklichste Zauberin aller Zeiten, die mit der Welt spielt wie ein Kind, das sein liebstes Spielzeug zerstört und dann achtlos wegwirft. Nur wenige wissen, wer sie wirklich ist. Denn in Darquise steckt niemand anderes als Walküre ...

Auferstehung (Skulduggery Pleasant, #10)

Derek Landy

Omen Darkley ist nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler an der Corrival-Akademie in Roarhaven. Anders als sein Zwillingsbruder Auger, der Auserwählte, der schon fast genauso viele spannende Abenteuer erlebt hat wie einst die Toten Männer. Dennoch ist es Omen, der von Skulduggery Pleasant einen Auftrag erhält. Einer seiner Lehrer hat einen Geheimbund gegründet. Und da soll Omen sich mal umhören. Nur kurz! Und ganz unauffällig, versteht sich. Und anschließend soll er schön brav weiter zu Schule gehen. Na, wenn Skulduggery seinen neuen Schüler da mal nicht unterschätzt hat!

Mitternacht (Skulduggery Pleasant, #11)

Derek Landy

Walküre hätte wirklich einen geeigneteren Baysitter finden können als ausgerechnet Omen Darkly. Nur für ein paar Stunden sollte Omen auf Walküres kleine Schwester aufpassen. Er sollte niemanden hereinlassen und möglichst nicht ans Telefon gehen. Aber als Walküre und Skulduggery nach Hause kommen, ist Alison verschwunden. Cadaverus Gant, Walküres alter Feind, hat sie entführt und exakt um 12 Uhr in der Nacht will er sie umbringen. Klar, dass Walküre alles versuchen wird, um Alison zu finden. Aber sie hat nur neun Stunden Zeit. Neun Stunden bis Mitternacht!

Rebellion der Restanten (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)

Derek Landy

Hilfe, die Restanten sind los! Durch einen dummen Zufall konnte der Restant der Totenbeschwörer fliehen und seine Brüder und Schwestern im Hotel Mitternacht befreien. Nun nimmt die teuflische Truppe Kurs auf Dublin, wo ihre „Retterin“ weilt: Darquise, die mächtige Zauberin, die die Welt vernichten soll. Alle Magier fürchten sie, aber niemand weiß, wer sie ist. Niemand außer Walküre – denn sie ist Darquise! Da Walküre jedoch Besseres zu tun hat, als die Welt in Schutt und Asche zu legen, will sie ihr schreckliches Schicksal ändern. Allein. Nicht einmal Skulduggery weiht sie ein. Doch wer allein kämpft, droht auch, allein zu sterben …

Sabotage im Sanktuarium (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4)

Derek Landy

Seit der großen Schlacht ist Skulduggery in der Welt der Gesichtslosen verschwunden. Nur ein Wunder kann ihn jetzt noch retten – oder Walküre: Sie muss ganz schnell seinen Kopf finden, der ihm einst von drei Kobolden in Irland gestohlen wurde. Während Walküre um die halbe Welt reist, wird der Magier Skarabäus nach 200 Jahren Gefängnis entlassen. Zwar hat er seine Zauberkräfte eingebüßt, doch seine Rachelust ist ungebrochen. Sofort schart er einen Kreis der schlimmsten Übeltäter um sich, unter ihnen auch Remus Crux, der die Seiten gewechselt hat. Sie alle können Skulduggerys Rückkehr kaum erwarten – denn jeder Einzelne von ihnen hat noch eine Rechnung mit ihm offen ...

Die Diablerie bittet zum Sterben (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)

Derek Landy

The third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the “funny” back in, um, funny series. That didn’t really work, did it? If you’ve read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are — and if you know what the Faceless Ones are, then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero and his young sidekick. If you haven’t read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go and read them right now, so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about. Done? Good. So now you’re on tenterhooks too, desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions, and instead you’re going to have to wait to read the book. Sorry about that.

Das Groteskerium kehrt zurück (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)

Derek Landy

Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back the terrifying Faceless Ones and is crafting an army of evil to help him. Added to that, Vengeous is about to enlist a new ally (if he can raise it from the dead): the horrible Grotesquery, a very unlikable monster of legend. Once Vengeous is on the loose, dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. Now pretty much everybody is out to kill Valkyrie, and the daring detective duo faces its biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home? Look for Scepter of the Ancients

Falcon & Winter Soldier: Cut Off One Head

Derek Landy

An office of dead government agents. A gifted new killer. Two ex-Captain Americas...When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the two old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass casualty event announces the terror group's resurgence to the world. The clock is ticking... COLLECTING: FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER (2020) 1-5

Demon Road (Demon Road, #1)

Derek Landy

Killer cars, vampires, undead serial killers: they’re all here. And the demons? Well, that’s where Amber comes in... Sixteen years old, smart and spirited, she’s just a normal American teenager until the lies are torn away and the demons reveal themselves. Forced to go on the run, she hurtles from one threat to another, revealing a tapestry of terror woven into the very fabric of her life. Her only chance rests with her fellow travellers, who are not at all what they appear to be…

The Hero of Drumree: Beyond the Stars

Derek Landy

A short story taken from the Fighting Words charity collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two of the most outstanding talents in children’s fiction todayWhen Fleece, one of the foot soldiers of the valiant Hibernian Army, whose cowardice is a constant source of guilt, is sent to battle the demons of the Fomorian Empire, he becomes the accidental Hero of Drumree.But Fleece’s weapons have always been words, not swords, and his newfound status leaves him with an unexpected feeling, presenting him the most difficult decision of his life – revealing to him the true meaning of bravery.

A Heart Full of Hatred (Skulduggery Pleasant, #18)

Derek Landy

The bone-shaking new trilogy continues – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series Vengeance is a killer. A killer is stalking and murdering sorcerers, and Valkyrie Cain is next on his list. While hunting down a cult of magical terrorists intent on taking their revenge on the mortal world, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are drawn into a murder investigation with unsettling similarities to a case they just closed – the case that nearly took the lives of both Valkyrie’s sister and girlfriend. With the body count rising, a special night approaches – a night where the elite of sorcerer society will gather on a remote island to witness a ceremony that could change that society forever. Speeches will be made, champagne will be sipped, and two things will become terribly, distressingly clear… No one is safe. And not everyone will make it out alive.

Bedlam (Skulduggery Pleasant, #12)

Derek Landy

The 12th explosive novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, BEDLAM will blow your mind – and change everything… On a desperate journey to recover her sister's lost soul, Valkyrie Cain goes up against the High Sanctuary itself, and there's nothing Skulduggery Pleasant can do to stop her. With Abyssinia's grand plan about to kick off in a night of magic, terror, and bloodshed, it falls to Omen Darkly to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. And as the madness unfolds around him, as hidden enemies step into the light, and as Valkyrie is sucked into a desperate, lawless quest of her own, he has no choice but to become the hero he never really wanted to be — or die in the attempt.

Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant, #10)

Derek Landy

The skeleton detective is coming back to life… again! It’s the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will rearrange your world. Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back in the tenth instalment in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series – an incredible and unexpected treat for the legions of fans around the world. We can’t say much but we can say this: Skulduggery and Valkyrie are going to team up with beloved characters from the first 9 books as well as an all-new cast, including new teen co-star Omen Darkly, for an adventure that takes the story to truly global proportions… while answering questions that go right back to the beginning. And Derek says this: “I was halfway through Last Stand of Dead Men, I think, when I realised that I had more stories to tell. I told myself that if Skulduggery and Valkyrie survived the series, I would leave the option open of returning to their world. There were still secrets I need to reveal, after all, and there were still horrors they had to face. They survived the first series. But they’re really going to wish they hadn’t.”

Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7)

Derek Landy

The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2011’s number-one bestseller, Death Bringer… Magic is a disease. Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever. And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days…

Seasons of War (Skulduggery Pleasant, #13)

Derek Landy

The thirteenth thrilling novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, SEASONS OF WAR will test the Skeleton Detective and Valkyrie like never before… 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…

Until the End

Derek Landy

The second cycle of the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series comes to a thrilling end. You are not ready… The Faceless Ones have returned to our universe. The bad guys have won. With the end of everything just days away – and no longer able to rely on Valkyrie Cain – Skulduggery must make allies of enemies if he's going to stand any chance of saving what's left of the world. And just when things are looking their bleakest, they manage to get even worse, with Omen Darkly suddenly having to step up when his brother, the Chosen One, falls. There's a lot going on. Most of it is bad. Sorry about that.

O Detetive Esqueleto (O Detetive Esqueleto, #1)

Derek Landy

Gordon, o tio de Stephanie escrevia contos de terror. Pelo menos era isso que ela pensava... até ele morrer e lhe deixar toda a sua fortuna. É então que ela descobre que os livros dele são de terror, sim, mas as histórias não são propriamente inventadas! Vendo-se mergulhada num assustado mundo de vampiros, vilãos demoníacos e Homens-Ocos, Stephanie consegue a mais improvável das ajudas: Skulduggery Pleasant, o sarcástico esqueleto de um defunto mágico. Quando a coisa dá realmente para o torto, ainda bem que Stephanie não é a típica e habitual miúda de doze anos - e ainda bem que Skulduggery já morreu! Será que o Mal vai vencer? Conseguirão Stephanie e Skulduggery deixar de implicar um com o outro o tempo suficiente para salvar o mundo? Uma coisa é certa: os maus nem sabem o que os espera!

The Maleficent Seven (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7.5)

Derek Landy

From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant A brilliant, hilarious one-off novella in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy This time, the bad guys take the stage. Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a gang of villains – many of whom will be familiar from previous Skulduggery adventures – in order to track down and steal the four God-Killer level weapons that could hurt Darquesse when she eventually emerges. Also on the trail of the weapons is a secret group of Sanctuary sorcerers, and doing his best to keep up and keep Tanith alive is one Mister Ghastly Bespoke. When the villains around her are lying and scheming and plotting, Tanith needs to stay two steps ahead of her teammates and her enemies. After all, she's got her own double-crosses to plan – and she’s a villain herself…

Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon (Skulduggery Pleasant #2.5)

Derek Landy

Días oscuros (Detective esqueleto, #4)

Derek Landy

Días oscuros es la cuarta novela protagonizada por Skulduggery Pleasant y su ayudante de 13 años, Valquiria Caín. La lucha contra las fuerzas del Mal prosigue pero, en esta ocasión, el detective esqueleto está perdido en una dimensión paralela y sus amigos tendrán que utilizar su calavera para traerlo de vuelta. Y al mismo tiempo... asesinos vengativos, zombis sedientos de sangre, vampiros neonatos, detectives corruptos y algunos monstruos más harán todo lo posible para desbaratar sus planes. Un libro divertido, trepidante y original que no deja indiferente.

A Mind Full of Murder (Skulduggery Pleasant, #16)

Derek Landy

A bone-shaking new trilogy begins – the latest adventure in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series SIX YEARS AGO, THE UNIVERSE ENDED. When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population. A week ago – fuelled by unimaginable hatred and unstoppable rage – a masked sorcerer killed one of those mortals. Then he killed another. And another. With their time running out, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must work to solve the puzzles the killer leaves behind before more innocents die, embarking on a journey that will force them to deal with the apocalypse they failed to prevent the first time around. AND MURDER. LOTS AND LOTS OF MURDER.

Midnight (Skulduggery Pleasant, #11)

Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off – and runs. For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle – time and time again – by Skulduggery Pleasant’s side, and always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation. With Skulduggery racing to catch up and young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has twelve hours to find Alice before it’s too late. The clock is ticking…

Höllennacht in Desolation Hill (Demon Road, #2)

Derek Landy

Desolation Hill ist nur scheinbar ein friedliches Städtchen. Jedes Jahr findet hier ein großes Festival statt. Alle Fremden müssen die Stadt verlassen und die Kinder werden in Panikräumen eingeschlossen. Nur die Erwachsenen wissen genau, was in der Höllennacht passiert. Und sie können gar nicht erwarten, dass es endlich losgeht. Als kurz vor Einbruch der Dämmerung ein kleiner Junge verschwindet, ist Amber Lamont eines klar: Hier hat mal wieder jemand einen Pakt mit Dämonen geschlossen und eine unschuldige Seele muss geopfert werden. Aber da schaut Amber nicht lange zu!

Finale infernale (Demon Road #3)

Derek Landy

Wenn ihr glaubt, ein Sonntagsausflug mit euren Eltern sei die Hölle, dann solltet ihr euch mal mit Amber unterhalten!Amber Lamont ist die neue Stellvertreterin des Leuchtenden Dämons. In seinem Auftrag reist sie über die Demon Road, um die Tribute einzunehmen, die seine Anhänger ihrem Herrn schulden. Jetzt ist also sie auf der Jagd nach ihren Eltern, nicht mehr umgekehrt. Aber Amber hat selbst noch einige Rechnungen offen. Und natürlich denkt sie nicht im Traum daran, bis ans Ende aller Tage einem so durchgeknallten Typen wie Astaroth zu dienen. Warum soll sie den Leuchtenden Dämon nicht noch ein letztes Mal reinlegen können? Schließlich hat sie in ihrer neuen Stellung uneingeschränkten Zugang zur Hölle ... Derek Landy, Bestsellerautor und Großmeister des humorigen Horrors, treibt mit diesem Band seine Trilogie um die Dämonin Amber Lamont in ein infernalisches Finale. Aber anschnallen und festhalten: Es kreuzen wieder jede Menge Monster die Demon Road! "Finale infernale"ist der dritte Band der Demon Road-Reihe. Die Titel der ersten beiden Bände lauten "Hölle und Highway" und "Höllennacht in Desolation Hill".

Brincar Com o Fogo (O Detetive Esqueleto, #2)

Derek Landy

Depois da morte de Serpine, o mundo recuperou a sua ordem e tudo parecia estar, de novo, em segurança. Pelo menos, era o que Valkyrie e Skulduggery julgavam... Até que o lendário Barão Vengeous leva a cabo uma sangrenta fuga da prisão e tudo sofre uma reviravolta: cadáveres e vampiros aparecem pelos quatro cantos da Irlanda. Com o Barão Vengeous partindo à conquista da mortífera armadura de Lord Vile, - e com praticamente toda a gente a querer matar Valkyrie - os dois corajosos detetives enfrentam o seu maior desafio de sempre. Mas... e se a maior ameaça para Valkyrie estiver a dois passos da sua própria casa...?

Os Sem Rosto (O Detetive Esqueleto, #3)

Derek Landy

Quando tudo estava de novo em paz, uma série de estranhos homicídios acontece¿ Os Sem Rosto estão de volta para tentarem, uma vez mais, acabar com o mundo. Felizmente, a destemida dupla de detetives Skul e Valkyrie vai investigar os estranhos homicídios e descobrir quem está por detrás destas inesperadas mortes. Decididos a travar os temíveis Sem Rosto, vão lutar com todas as suas forças para impedir o fim do mundo. Será que Skul e Valkyrie vão conseguir?

Armageddon Outta Here

Derek Landy

The ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans. Featuring two AMAZING novellas and fourteen GRIPPING short stories - including three new stories written exclusively for this edition. We all know that doors are for people with no imagination so smash the glass, climb through the window and enter the awesome world of Skulduggery Pleasant with this ultimate story collection. For the first time, every Skulduggery Pleasant short story, plus two novellas – Get Thee Behind me, Bubba Moon and The End of the World – is collected into one magnificent volume. But that's not all… This collection includes fourteen short stories – three of which are AWESOME NEW stories written exclusively for this edition. Two of them delve into the things that our old friend Billy-Ray Sanguine gets up to between books, while the third pits Skulduggery and Valkyrie against a serial killer, a desperate ghost, and a swarm of very nasty insects. So it’s business as usual, then. Introduced by Derek, these are the hidden stories of the skeleton who saves the world… and the girl who's destined to destroy it.

Apocalypse Kings (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5.6)

Derek Landy

A brand new Skulduggery Pleasant novella for World Book a hilarious and thrilling standalone story in the internationally bestselling series – perfect for new readers, and essential for Skulduggery fans…Three ancient gods are freed from their prison with only one to destroy the planet and everyone on it.To save us all, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must go undercover in a Dublin school. Skulduggery has to blend in with the teaching staff, while Valkyrie has to pass for an ordinary schoolgirl. Above all else, no matter what happens, they both must act completely and utterly normal.We are so dead.

The End of the World (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6.5)

Derek Landy

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American Monsters (Demon Road, #3)

Derek Landy

Bigger, meaner, stronger. Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the abominable killers - living and dead - that she and Milo will have to face. For Amber's future lies in her family's past, in the brother and sister she never knew, and the horrors beyond imagining that befell them.

Desolation (Demon Road, #2)

Derek Landy

THE EPIC NEW THRILLER CONTINUES. The second book in the mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant. Reeling from their bloody encounter in New York City, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master. Amber and Milo’s only hope lies within Desolation Hill – a small town with a big secret; a town with a darkness to it, where evil seeps through the very floorboards. Until, on one night every year, it spills over onto the streets and all hell breaks loose. And that night is coming.

La muerte de la luz (Detective esqueleto, #9)

Derek Landy

Stephanie y Skulduggery tienen magia. Todos el mundo a su alrededor la tiene, aunque la mayoría de las veces esa magia no es buena. Y los pobres mortales que viven a su alrededor, ni se enteran. Valquiria. Oscuretriz. Stephanie. El mundo no es lo suficientemente grande para las tres. Y el final, ese terrible final que ya está escrito, se acerca. Novena entrega de una saga llena de misterio, aventura, humor y magia protagonizada por la joven Stephanie y el extravagante detective esqueleto en una eterna lucha contra el Mal.

La última batalla de los Hombres Cadáver (Detective esqueleto, #8)

Derek Landy

Valquiria Caín y el detective esqueleto tienen magia. Todos a su alrededor la tienen, aunque la mayoría de las veces no es magia buena. Y los pobres mortales que viven con ellos, ni se enteran. Se ha declarado la guerra. Los santuarios de todo el mundo están enfrentados en una lucha de poder y los hombres cadáver son el objetivo de muchos asesinos. Mientras, la Iglesia de los Sin Rostro está matando mortales, Tanith sigue poseída por el vestigio, Scapegrace se ha empeñado en ser un superhéroe y aún está por llegar Oscuretriz. Un panorama de lo más alentador para Valquiria, que tiene su lucha particular por no dejar salir a la poderosa hechicera que lleva en su interior y quiere destruir el mundo. Octava entrega de una saga llena de misterio, aventura, humor y magia protagonizada por la joven Valquiria y el extravagante detective esqueleto en su eterna lucha contra el Mal.

Tanith Low en los Siete Maléficos

Derek Landy

Si no tenías bastante con Detective Esqueleto, aquí llega Tanith Low, y no viene sola. Esta vez los malvados son los protagonistas. Tanith Low, ya poseída por el Vestigio, recluta un ejército de villanos (muchos de los cuales aparecen en entregas previas de la colección Detective Esqueleto) para localizar y robar las cuatro armas mata dioses que podrían dañar a Oscuretriz cuando esta se alce. Pero ellos no son los únicos que persiguen esas armas: también va tras su rastro un grupo secreto de magos del Santuario. Y quien los encabeza, esforzándose por seguirles la pista y salvar la vida de Tanith, no es otro que Abominable Bespoke. Rodeada de malvados que conspiran, mienten e intrigan, Tanith tendrá que mantenerse dos pasos por delante de sus enemigos... y de sus amigos. Al fin y al cabo, también ella tiene planes traicioneros y puñaladas por la espalda que preparar. ¿O acaso no es una malvada?

El reino de los malvados (Detective esqueleto, #1)

Derek Landy

La magia se extiende como una epidemia. En todo el país, miles de personas que han sido perfectamente normales hasta ahora empiezan a desarrollar poderes desatados... y peligrosos. Solo el Santuario puede socorrerlos, ayudarles a controlar su magia para que no se destruyan a sí mismos y a quienes los rodean. Y solo Skulduggery y Valquiria pueden organizar esa ayuda.Ah, y también está lo de Kitana y sus amigos, una pandilla de adolescentes que se contagian de magia. Y les gusta. Y, claro, deciden arrasar la ciudad con sus nuevos poderes aparentemente infinitos.Sí: parece que hoy también va a ser uno de esos días... NI. TE. LO. IMAGINAS.

La invocadora de la muerte (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)

Derek Landy

Los Nigromantes ya no necesitan a Valquiria, y esto es algo bueno, muy bueno. Aunque… solo hay una pega. Y es que la razón por la que los nigromantes no necesitan a nuestra protagonista es que ya han encontrado a la persona capaz de difuminar las frontera entre la vida y la muerte. Y esto es algo malo, muy malo…Así que, si como el Detective Esqueleto y Valquiria, creíais que ya habíais visto todo, estabais equivocados. Muy equivocados.

Jugando con fuego (Detective esqueleto, #2)

Derek Landy

La lucha contra las fuerzas del Mal prosigue y, en esta ocasión, tendrán que medir sus fuerzas contra el Barón Vengues. ¿Podrán impedir sus malvados planes? Las trepidantes peripecias de este original detective nos harán pasar muy buenos momentos.

Los sin rostro (Detective esqueleto, #3)

Derek Landy

Las Fuerzas del Mal parecen haber dado una tregua a Skulduggery y a su joven ayudante, Valquiria Caín; sin embargo, la tranquilidad no dura mucho y nuestros amigos deberán luchar contra la Diablería, una sociedad secreta muy peligrosa. ¿Saldrán ilesos de esta difícil misión? Una novela que, con humor y fantasía, nos ofrece grandes dosis de imaginación, misterio y aventura.

Un detective para morirse (Detective esqueleto, #1)

Derek Landy

Stephanie es una chica de doce años que recibe en herencia la casa de su tío, Gordon Edgley. Tras una accidentada noche en la mansión, la joven es salvada por Skulduggery Pleasant, un detective con una extraña peculiaridad... ¡es un esqueleto! ¿Qué aventuras les esperan? Libro de humor negro con grandes dosis de imaginación y risas.

Avengers: Beyond

Derek Landy

The Avengers' ALL-OUT adventure continues! Someone has been manipulating the Avengers for months, altering the very fabric of reality in an attempt to prepare the planet for a threat that could destroy everything. Now this all-powerful puppeteer is about to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the light. Meanwhile, as violence tears New York apart, Janet Van Dyne fights not only to save the lives of her fellow heroes, but also a friendship! But time may have run out, for the Lost One has arrived - knocking on Earth's door, waiting to be let in. In a desperate attempt to keep that door shut, a depleted team of Avengers battles the Black Order in the veins and arteries of the dead Celestial they call home. Blood is spilled, bones are broken and betrayal is on the horizon - but who are the Bootleg Avengers?! Collecting BEYOND #1-5.

All-Out Avengers: Teachable Moments

Derek Landy

Strap in for an all-new, all-adrenaline adventure that starts in the middle and races to the finish! An alien attack - a city warped - and Captain Marvel looking to the Avengers with murderous intent! Then, the Avengers are in chains, and their only hope lies with their greatest Doctor Doom?! An army of Red Skulls threatens to overwhelm them, a cadre of bloodthirsty killers will hunt them, and even Spider-Man is out to get them! But who's behind this madness, altering the very fabric of reality over and over again? Something big is coming to the Marvel Universe! Take a deep breath before you open this book - because once you dive in, you won't be allowed up for air! The Avengers assemble for all-out action! Collecting ALL-OUT AVENGERS #1-5 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2022: SPIDER-MAN/VENOM.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Books #7 - 9

Derek Landy

Together for the first time, books 7, 8 and 9 in the Skulduggery Pleasant – the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe! From number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy. Book 7: KINGDOM OF THE WICKED. Magic is a disease. Across the land normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Wielding the magic of the gods, they’re set to tear the city apart, unless someone stands up to them. For Skulduggery and Valkyrie, it’s going to be another one of those days… Book 8: LAST STAND OF DEAD MEN. Two wars rage. One is a war between sanctuaries – a war of loyalty and betrayal and last, desperate stands. The other is a war within Valkyrie Cain’s own soul. If she loses, Darquesse will rise. And the world will burn. Books 9: THE DYING OF THE LIGHT. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must track down Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder – and so he draws together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, criminals… and Valkyrie’s own murderous reflection. not everyone gets out of this alive.

Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

Derek Landy

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant, Ace Detective,Snappy Dresser,Razor–tongued Wit,Crackerjack Sorcerer,and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton, —as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.

The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9)

Derek Landy

The FINAL shocking, heart-wrenching book in the jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series Valkyrie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come… The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder. And so he draws together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, killers, criminals… and Valkyrie’s own murderous reflection. The war may be over, but the final battle is about to begin. And not everyone gets out of here alive…

Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8)

Derek Landy

The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked… War has finally come. But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making. But while this war is only beginning, another war rages within Valkyrie herself. Her own dark side, the insanely powerful being known as Darquesse, is on the verge of rising to the surface. And if Valkyrie slips, even for a moment, then Darquesse will burn the world and everyone in it.

Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant, #14)

Derek Landy

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.

Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7.5)

Derek Landy

A brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy This time, the bad guys take the stage. Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a gang of villains – many of whom will be familiar from previous Skulduggery adventures – in order to track down and steal the four God-Killer level weapons that could hurt Darquesse when she eventually emerges. Also on the trail of the weapons is a secret group of Sanctuary sorcerers, and doing his best to keep up and keep Tanith alive is one Mister Ghastly Bespoke. When the villains around her are lying and scheming and plotting, Tanith needs to stay two steps ahead of her teammates and her enemies. After all, she's got her own double-crosses to plan – and she’s a villain herself…

Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)

Derek Landy

The sixth instalment in the historic, hysterical and horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think you’ve seen anything yet? You haven’t. Because the Death Bringer is about to rise… Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead. The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing. There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more. And that’s because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death. And that’s a very, very Bad Thing…

Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)

Derek Landy

Following the shocking revelations of DARK DAYS, get ready for the fifth instalment of the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series -- guaranteed to contain at least 40% humour, 50% action, and 100% thrills! The blonde girl with the black lips turned to Valkyrie. 'We know,' she said. 'We've seen the future. We know you're going to kill the world!' Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back -- just in time to see their whole world get turned upside down! While they struggle to protect a known killer from an unstoppable assassin, Valkyrie is on a secret mission of her own. This quest, to prevent her dark and murderous destiny, threatens to take her to the brink of death and beyond. And then the body-snatching Remnants get loose, thousands of twisted souls who possess the living like puppets, and they begin their search for a being powerful enough to lead them. Facing such insurmountable odds, Skulduggery, Valkyrie, Ghastly and Tanith can trust no one. Not even each other!

Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4)

Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he's already dead. But still.) Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead. Skulduggery Pleasant is gone, sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. If his bones haven’t already been turned to dust, chances are he’s insane, driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods. There is no official, Sanctuary-approved rescue mission. There is no official plan to save him. But Valkyrie's never had much time for plans. The problem is, even if she can get Skulduggery back, there might not be much left for him to return to. There’s a gang of villains bent on destroying the Sanctuary, there are some very powerful people who want Valkyrie dead, and as if all that wasn’t enough it looks very likely that a sorcerer named Darquesse is going to kill the world and everyone on it. Skulduggery is gone. All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world’s weight is on her shoulders, and its fate is in her hands. These are dark days indeed.

The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)

Derek Landy

Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)

Derek Landy

The Haunted House on Hollow Hill (Skulduggery Pleasant, #17)

Derek Landy

On a dark and stormy night … A pair of ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain – the Hollow Hotel. They’re here to interview the Dark King of television magic, Romeo Gideon. Instead, they discover the body of a murdered man hanging from the rafters – the work of a killer who wields actual magic as viciously as he does his blade. With the storm closing in, all exit routes cut off, and the killer taking them out one by one, their only hope lies with the two mysterious Irish detectives who seem quite at home with all this bloodshed … Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have only hours to figure out who the killer is in a hotel filled with the tortured spirits of the dead, the anguished wails of the dying, and the relentless whines of the living.

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