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Description edit
Skulduggery Pleasant is back, and reunited with his original head. But all is not well in the magical world - for one thing, foreign powers are conspiring to take over the Irish Sanctuary, and for another thing, Valkyrie has discovered she might be the sorceress set to destroy the world. The... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Valkyrie Cain: Also known as Stephanie Edgeley, she is Awsome, Epic and Unstoppable!
- Skulduggery Pleasant: Detective extraordinaire! Has a huge Ego.
- Tanith Low: Valkyrie's best friend, like an older sister to her. She is an adept, and is great with a sword in combat
- Fletcher: Fletcher is the last teleporter known on earth. He is known for his 'big' hair, and his charming personality.
- Finbar Wrong: Finbar is a physic. He can see into the future and was the first person to see the mysterious Darqueese.
- Darquesse: Valkyrie's inner self. She tries to seal her true name, to hide her real power to stop destroying the world. Does she succed?
- Gordon: Gordon is Valkyrie's uncle. He wrote many books on the world of magic, and won many awards. He is dead, but his sole lives on in an echo stone.
- Dalrymple: Add a description of this character.
- Davina Marr
- Eamon
- Clarabelle: Kenspeckle's assistant. Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer...
- Erskine
- Stephanie
- Kenspeckle
- Muriel
- Nye
- Carol
- Thrasher
- Haggard
- Craven
- Adolf
- Kerry
- Anton Shudder
- Caelan: A vampire, very possibly the only nice one one in existence.
- Ceryen
- Tenebrae
- Shakra
- Philomena
- Dan
- Pete
- Owen
- Ephraim
- Roarhaven
- Ashley
Quotes edit
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“"I want a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick."”
Valkyrie Cain -
“" I'll buy you a stick for Christmas."”
Skulduggery Pleasant -
“Not on your life, dead man.”
Erskine Ravel
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The doors swung open and High Priest Auron Tenbrae strode into the room, his robe swirling around his tall, narrow frame.
Table of Contents edit
1. Wreath’s Task
2. The Smiling Detective
3. Tesseract
4. Grander Scales
5. Valkyrie’s Dilemma
6. The New Messiah
7. Blood
8. The Zombie King
9. The New Grand Mage
10. The Bonebreaker
11. The Roarhaven Mages
12. Keeping a Straight Face
13. Suffering
14. Dead Men
15. The Banshee
16. The Interrogation Of Davina Marr
17. The Job
18. Licking Wounds
19. Christmas Morning at the Midnight Hotel
20. ’Tis The Season
21. Nye
22. Soul Searching
23. The Grave
24. The Dead Girl
25. Dirt
26. The Truth
27. Back With Finbar
28. The Z-word
29. Her Guardian Angel
30. Meet the Parents
31. The First Wave
32. Shenanigans
33. The Twins
34. Remnants Unleashed
35. Scrutinous
36. Quiet, Please
37. Enemy Hands
38 - Fighting
39 - Muriel
40 - The Plan
41 - The Head in the Box
42 - The Lesson Begins
43 - By the Sword
44 - Siege at the Hibernian
45 - Frightening
46 - According to Plan
47 - Strange Bedfellows
48 - Plan Falls Apart
49 - Following the Key
50 - Macgillycuddy’s Reeks
51 - The Receptacle
52 - New Year’s Eve
53 - Tenebrae
54 - Enemies
55 - The Return
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 34 in Skulduggery Pleasant. (standard series)
Preceded by Dark Days, and followed by Death Bringer.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-00-732598-6
Page Count: 572
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-00-732598-6
Page Count: 572
Awards edit
- Irish Book Award (2010: Irish Children's Book - Senior, Winner)
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