Skulduggery Pleasant (9) – The Dying of the Light

Derek Landy

Jan 2019 · Skulduggery Pleasant Book 9 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this eBook

The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series.

Valkyrie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come...

The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder.

And so he draws together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, killers, criminals... and Valkyrie’s own murderous reflection.

The war may be over, but the final battle is about to begin. And not everyone gets out of here alive...

Ratings and reviews

Although Landy's writing struggled in quality originally, each book in the series has, unsurprisingly, been better than the last. This book, I am surprised to find he has bounded ahead in his balance of description and exposition in his prose writing. Of course, the book is also deliciously fun, but I've always found the books deliciously fun, so there's no surprise there. One twist or two went differently from expected, but not badly. Definitely recommend it.

About the author

Derek Landy is the author of the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series. He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List. Derek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies. He lives in Ireland with too many cats and too many dogs. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to.