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Skulduggery Pleasant Series by Derek Landy
The Faceless Ones Trilogy
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Skulduggery Pleasant (2007)
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Stephanie's uncle is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction.
Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose,
it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough.
And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture. Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure:
evil won't know what's hit it.
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Playing With Fire (2008)
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With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. At least, that's what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies
and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the daring detective duo face
their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home?
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The Faceless Ones (2009)
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Four Teleporters have been found dead, but Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant are not on the case. The Sanctuary has chosen to hire rival detective Remus Crux instead, but naturally,
Skulduggery and Valkyrie can't just stand by while Teleporters continue to go missing. After visiting a local Sea Hag, they realize that what s happening now may be related to the death
of another Teleporter fifty years ago. Valkyrie and Skulduggery soon realize that Teleporters can do more than just transport themselves to locations across the Earth. With the right object,
Teleporters might have the power to bring back The Faceless Ones.
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The Death Bringer Trilogy
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Dark Days (2010)
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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 been 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.
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Mortal Coil (2010)
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Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back - just in time to see their whole world get turned upside down. With Valkyrie struggling to protect her dark secret,
Skulduggery and the gang are more vulnerable than ever, just as a plague of body-snatching Remnants are released upon the world.
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Death Bringer (2011)
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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 -
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!
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The Darquesse Trilogy
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Kingdom of The Wicked (2012)
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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!
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Last Stand of Dead Men (2013)
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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.
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The Dying of The Light (2014)
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Valkerie. 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.
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The Abyssinia Trilogy
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Resurrection (2017)
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A lot has changed. Roarhaven is now a magical city, where sorcerers can live openly. Valkyrie Cain has been out of action for years, recovering from the war against her alter-ego Darquesse,
which nearly destroyed her and everyone else. Some things never change though: bad people still want to do bad things, and Skulduggery Pleasant is still there to stop them.
When Skulduggery learns of a plot to resurrect a terrifying evil, he persuades Valkyrie to join him for just 24 hours. But they need someone else on their team, someone inconspicuous,
someone who can go undercover. Enter Omen Darkly. Student at the new Corrival Academy. Overlooked. Unremarkable in every way. 24 hours to save the world. One sharply-dressed skeleton.
One grief-stricken young woman. One teenage boy who can t remember which class he's supposed to be in. This cannot end well!
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Midnight (2018)
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Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as 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
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Bedlam (2019)
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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.
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The Obsidian Trilogy
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Seasons of War (2020)
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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!
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Dead or Alive (2021)
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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.
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Until The End (2022)
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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.
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The New Trilogy
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A Mind Full of Murder (2024)
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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.
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A Heart Full of Hatred (2025)
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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.
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A Soul Full of Sorrows (2026)
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Additional Books
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The End of The World (2012) (World Book Day 2012)
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Tannith Low In: The Maleficient Seven (2013)
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Armageddon Outta Here (2014)
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Apocalypse Kings (2021) (World Book Day 2021)
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The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire (2021)
(The Secret History of The Universe)
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As the Skulduggery Pleasant series nears its end (again), relive the adventure in this lavishly illustrated compendium of all things Skulduggery. Featuring a unique run-down of the books so far,
it also includes an invaluable reference tool for the dizzying cast of characters, as well as bonuses, surprises, and a dark story all of its own. The Grimoire is an essential book
for any Skulduggery fan.
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Hell Breaks Loose (2023)
(From The World of Skulduggery Pleasant)
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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.
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Bad Magic (2023) (A Skulduggery Pleasant Graphic Novel)
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A small town in the middle of Ireland, a string of unexplained deaths and a monster on the loose. Better call in the experts. When Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into Termoncara,
they discover a town with a dark past and a people haunted by their own secrets. There is a creature stalking the streets a creature who delights in cruelty, who feeds off the little hatreds,
who grows stronger with every drop of blood spilled.
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The Haunted House On Hollow Hill (2024)
(From The World of Skulduggery Pleasant)
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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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Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
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The Sorceror's Stone (1997)
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The Chamber of Secrets (1998)
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The Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
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The Goblet of Fire (2000)
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The Order of The Phoenix (2003)
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The Half-Blood Prince (2005)
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The Deathly Hallows (2007)
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Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
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Midnight For Charlie Bone (2002)
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The Time Twister (2003)
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The Invisible Boy (2004)
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The Castle of Mirrors (2005)
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The Hidden King (2006)
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The Beast (2007)
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The Shadow (2008)
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The Red Knight (2010)
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Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and The Olympians
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The Lightning Thief (2005)
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The Sea of Monsters (2006)
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The Titan's Curse (2007)
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The Battle of The Labyrinth (2008)
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The Last Olympian (2009)
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The Chalice of The Gods (2023)
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Wrath of The Triple Goddess (2024)
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TBD (2025)
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The Heroes of Olympus
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The Lost Hero (2010)
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The Son of Neptune (2011)
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The Mark of Athena (2012)
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The House of Hades (2013)
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The Blood of Olympus (2014)
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The Trials of Apollo
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The Hidden Oracle (2016)
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The Dark Prophecy (2017)
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The Burning Maze (2018)
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The Tyrant's Tomb (2019)
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The Tower of Nero (2020)
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The Kane Chronicles
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The Red Pyramid (2010)
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The Throne of Fire (2011)
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The Serpent's Shadow (2012)
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