Skulduggery Pleasant is dead. Valkyrie Cain is cool. Omen Darkly is neither. 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. * Dead. Famous. Bestseller. The Skulduggery Pleasant series has sold over 6.5 million copies, and has a huge, loyal fanbase. * A brand-new Skulduggery Pleasant murder mystery - book 17 in the bestselling series and the second in the bone-shaking new trilogy.

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