Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy 9 Book Set

Skulduggery Pleasant Series 1; 2 and 3 Collection 9 Books Set brings together nine instalments featuring Skulduggery Pleasant, a wise-cracking detective who is also a powerful magician and, as the text makes clear, dead. Alongside him is his young partner, Stephanie, drawn into events after her uncle Gordon dies and leaves her his estate, revealing that the horror he wrote about was not fiction.

Across the collection, Skulduggery and his allies face escalating threats: a mysterious key pursued by evil forces, prison escapes, vampires, portals to other dimensions, and conflicts involving Sanctuaries. As Valkyrie Cain’s role grows, the stakes widen to secret missions, assassins, body-snatching Remnants, Necromancers seeking a Death Bringer, and a spreading “disease” of magic affecting ordinary people. The set culminates in a final confrontation after the War of the Sanctuaries, as Skulduggery gathers a team to track down and stop Darquesse.

Included titles

• Skulduggery Pleasant
• Playing with Fire
• The Faceless Ones
• Dark Days
• Mortal Coil
• Death Bringer
• Kingdom of the Wicked
• Last Stand of Dead Men
• The Dying of the Light

Key details

• 9-book collection
• Series 1; 2 and 3 set
• Author: Derek Landy

Synopses

Skulduggery Pleasant

Stephanie’s life changes after her uncle Gordon dies and leaves her his estate, exposing that his horror writing was not fiction. Pursued by forces seeking a mysterious key, she finds help from Skulduggery Pleasant, a wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard, as danger closes in.

Playing with Fire

With Serpine dead, Valkyrie and Skulduggery believe the world is safe, until Baron Vengeous escapes from prison and trouble spreads across Ireland. As bodies and vampires appear, Vengeous hunts the armour of Lord Vile and Valkyrie finds herself a target.

The Faceless Ones

The third adventure focuses on the Faceless Ones and signals that events are about to become “awfully sticky” for Skulduggery and his young sidekick. The text frames it as a continuation that follows directly from the earlier books.

Dark Days

Skulduggery is lost on the other side of a portal, trapped with “evil gods” for company. A new threat emerges, alongside an even bigger villain with world-destroying intentions, while the question remains whether Skulduggery can return.

Mortal Coil

As Skulduggery and Valkyrie try to protect a known killer from an unstoppable assassin, Valkyrie pursues a secret mission to prevent a dark destiny. When the body-snatching Remnants escape and begin searching for a powerful leader, trust fractures within the group.

Death Bringer

The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, but only because they have found one already. The stakes rise as this figure threatens to dissolve the doors between life and death.

Kingdom of the Wicked

Magic spreads like a disease, with ordinary people developing unstable powers and endangering themselves and others. Skulduggery and Valkyrie are called in as the Sanctuary becomes a focal point, while Kitana and her friends are infected, grow powerful, and become corrupted.

Last Stand of Dead Men

War arrives, not as a battle of good versus evil, but as a conflict between Sanctuaries. With alliances shifting, Skulduggery and Valkyrie join the dead men to maintain the balance of power and uncover a conspiracy years in the making.

The Dying of the Light

In the final book, the War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but at a cost, and Valkyrie Cain is lost. Skulduggery uses every means to track down Darquesse before she destroys the world, assembling a team that includes soldiers, monster hunters, criminals, and Valkyrie’s murderous reflection.

Though the war is over, the last battle is imminent, and the text makes clear that not everyone will survive.