Skulduggery Pleasant

Name: Skulduggery Pleasant
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Derek Landy
ISBN: 9780008585754

Author: Derek Landy

Series: Skulduggery Pleasant

Narrator: Kevin Hely

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Published: 08/03/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Fantasy Stories, Historical Stories, Children's Humor, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Discover the world of Skulduggery Pleasant in this prequel to the bestselling series. 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.

About Derek Landy

Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."

Reviews

Goodreads review by jay on April 12, 2023

me every day since it was announced: i will not read the prequel, i am done with the series me today, sad and vulnerable: ... well anyway derek does not know what a fucking prequel is. was this a good book? - hell no. was it at least a mildly decent book with good pacing? - hahhaha, great joke. was it w......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on April 13, 2023

I really enjoyed this and it went by as fast as all other Skuldugerry books! However, I was really wanting a full on prequel Dead Men adventure. So when Valkyrie just kind of popped in like halfway through I was a little disappointed. I will 100% admit Valkyrie is a Dead Man and she’s done a lot, bu......more

Goodreads review by Brittany (whatbritreads) on June 12, 2023

*Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy of this to review!* I haven’t read a Skulduggery book in a good few years now so I was excited to dive into thai because I remember the books being so fast paced and engaging, and above all they were ridiculously funny. On that front, this book didn’t......more

Goodreads review by Jade Courtney on April 10, 2023

This was my least favourite of the Skulduggery novels - the plot seemed rushed and the writing lacked its personality and ease to me. But, while I didn't initially love the direction it started going down about halfway through, the end was actually pretty strong.......more

Quotes

Derek Landy, a master juggler of scary and funny, has done it again with a twisty mini-masterpiece' 'Revelling in the dark comedy, action set-pieces and unforgettable characters that are a hallmark of the Skulduggery Pleasant series, this standalone novel transports readers to early eighteenth-century Italy where our heroes are forced to save the Lord of the Dark Sorcerers' Waterstones, Books You Need to Read in 2023 Praise for the Skulduggery Pleasant series: ‘A writer at the height of his powers . . . Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride’ ‘Fast and funny’ ‘Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure’ Rick Riordan ‘Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages’ ‘Hugely enjoyable – a thrill-a-minute adventure’ Jonathan Stroud ‘A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour’ ‘Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun’ Philip Ardagh, ‘Gripping’ ‘A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue’ ‘A rip-roaring adventure’