Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead. Skulduggery Pleasant is back, and reunited with his original head. But all is not well in the magical world โ for one thing, foreign powers are conspiring to take over the Irish Sanctuary, and for another thing, Valkyrie has
Mortal Coil
โ Scribed by Derek Landy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK;HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Following the shocking revelations of DARK DAYS, get ready for the fifth instalment of the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series guaranteed to contain at least 40% humour, 50% action, and 100% thrills...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 problem is, she doesnt feel she can tell Skulduggery what shes learned... and thats how all the trouble starts.With Valkyrie on a quest of her own, to seal her name and prevent her evil destiny from coming to pass, Skulduggery and the gang are even more vulnerable. Which is a shame, because remember those thousands of remnants, imprisoned in the Midnight Hotel? Well, now theyre out. Not only that but they believe Valkyrie is their messiah. And that means thousands of wicked souls, desperate to get to Valkyrie, willing to kill anyone in their way... Oh, and because they can possess any body, they could be ANYONE.Now Skulduggery, Valkyrie, Ghastly and Tanith can trust no one. Not even each other...
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