Skulduggery Pleasant

Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off – and runs.For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle – time and time again – by Skulduggery Pleasant’s side, and always emerging triumphant.But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation. With Skulduggery racing to catch up and young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has twelve hours to find Alice before it’s too late. The clock is ticking…

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

First published in this edition in the United States of America by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

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Version: 2019-05-01

This book is dedicated to Reggie.

What is there left to be said about you, my friend?

You’re smart, and yet wilfully stupid. You’re good-looking, yet kind of ugly. You’ve got wonderful hair, yet you’re always wearing hats.

You’ve saved my life three times now – in contrast to the measly once that I’ve saved yours – and you’ve taught me more about Icelandic cuisine that I ever wanted to know (seriously dude – hákarl? Seriously?), but there is something that I’ve been meaning to tell you for years, but I’ve never found the right opportunity.

Remember that girl, your pen pal, back when we were kids? Remember how you kind of loved her?

That was me. Sorry, dude.

And from the nothing came the everything.

Contents

Cover (#u4fac2b8b-c23b-5305-a6a4-4dec328dad71)

Title Page (#ub88884ad-348c-5469-9028-a3414782f067)

Copyright (#ud2dad949-22ee-5052-a951-bf3ce701a490)

Dedication (#u57bf7f8b-6ba2-5284-ba5f-306b0c2bcd61)

Epigraph (#uf937dd2b-c393-5010-a0bb-ec528e4696df)

Chapter 1 (#uc5ea2a28-586f-53f2-9357-a64b1675d64f)

Chapter 2 (#u1ed9430e-080b-58bc-b0e5-997435de2bff)

Chapter 3 (#uc5c3da4f-2bc4-5d45-938f-f3731d0ecbc9)

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Chapter 6 (#u92f80a56-0669-5a04-8bcf-2d41988fc827)

Chapter 7 (#u989d87c4-6a07-5869-9b2c-af6ad4f41864)

Chapter 8 (#u11307a83-0120-5b17-a4b3-5fc76743b1e3)

Chapter 9 (#u3550230a-d67e-53d9-bd99-5ee8c438fb42)