The book version of the thrilling and innovative second Skulduggery Pleasant podcast In 1962, three sorcerers converged to do battle in a hidden chamber near a disused platform in the London Underground. Prophecy foretold that the victor would hold the very fate of humanity in their hands. Since then. nothing. Now, the people who are trying to find out exactly what happened all those years ago are being murdered - there is a killer coming after them, a killer with a plan - and their only hope for survival lies with Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain. Because when the end of the world comes knocking, our first line of defence must always be sarcasm. Unstoppable, withering sarcasm. * Dead.

Famous. Bestseller. The Skulduggery Pleasant series has sold over six million copies, and has a huge, loyal fanbase. * A brand-new Skulduggery Pleasant adventure: a hugely innovative cross-format project, launching as a podcast first. This edition is adapted from the podcast, transformed from script to prose. * The first podcast was an industry-first, and hit the top 5% of all podcasts worldwide, exceeding 350,000 impressions on Spotify and making the Apple Top Ten Kids Chart. Competition: Artemis Fowl;Percy Jackson;Young Bond;Alex Rider;Cirque Du Freak;Trials of Apollo;The Notorious Scarlett and Browne;With a Mind to Kill;The Spook's Apprentice;Eragon. Eoin Colfer;Rick Riordan;Charlie Higson;Anthony Horowitz;Darren Shan;Jonathan Stroud;Joseph Delaney;Christopher Paolini.