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Death Bringer
Derek Landy
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.Oh yes. And dead.The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing.There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more. And that’s because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death.And that’s a very, very Bad Thing…
First published in Great Britain by
HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2011
First published in this edition in the
United States of America by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018
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Derek Landy blogs under duress at
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Text copyright © Derek Landy 2011
Illuminated letters copyright © Tom Percival 2011
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Source ISBN: 9780008266387
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Version: 2018-07-25
This book is dedicated to my nieces.
Girls, none of you were born when Skulduggery Pleasant first appeared. But since you’ve arrived, no one in our family wants to talk about the writer any more. Now all they want to talk about are the damn babies. All of a sudden, no one wants to cuddle me, and for that I blame you.
But I suppose you have your good points. It’s because of you that Valkyrie has a little sister, after all. You’re all mildly cute, reasonably adorable, and you make me laugh when you fall over.
So this book is dedicated to you, Rebecca and Emily, Sophie and Clara and
(insert names of any more nieces or nephews that might sprout up between now and when they’re old enough to read this).
I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I am your favourite uncle. And you probably prefer me to your parents, too.
(I’ve met your parents. I don’t blame you. They’re rubbish.)
Contents
Cover (#u68a29291-0cc3-5f1d-83cd-1225930cb0aa)
Title Page (#u1e3d245d-c9af-5430-9ef2-ac9cd3da5c39)
Copyright (#u40b4563f-02c0-5d4c-a934-96f6f75ce303)
Dedication (#u8ce4aa65-7092-5273-b749-df9e0d44c84e)
Prologue (#u7e2c6f23-77b4-5660-894e-76fdd458db38)
Chapter 1: Kenny (#u1234f083-0840-56d4-b7a8-924b65d863e5)
Chapter 2: Me and the Girl (#u2f959f02-106d-565f-8d58-7426a5efe439)
Chapter 3: The Christening (#uff4a843c-1351-566f-b558-64930e034cfa)
Chapter 4: Craven (#ua54f26f4-7349-517f-93da-8d8b4c001840)
Chapter 5: The Jitter Girls (#u882f7107-392b-59b1-a135-e66c664c0210)
Chapter 6: China’s Secret (#u46e4fabc-42ca-52c8-a81d-c68bd4b86966)
Chapter 7: The Death Bringer (#u8fa16878-07e4-512d-8611-ba632cf8e74f)
Chapter 8: Friends in High Places (#u9d202ee0-b853-5730-a277-28da09b0d258)
Chapter 9: Friends in Low Places (#udea5b5d0-1f76-5e94-9311-8aa6da9f7431)
Chapter 10: The Warlock (#ue4181aa6-a297-5afd-8847-35b47a26d1b4)
Chapter 11: Alone at Last (#u579425b4-3c87-59ea-a733-9bd470dda9cc)
Chapter 12: Bump in the Night (#u21856d56-cc10-54f8-b329-1e655c43fe72)
Chapter 13: Shadowknives (#ua6bfb41c-12f9-5ce7-b0a9-516be42bfa9b)
Chapter 14: The Call (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15: The Doctor is In (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16: Full Recovery (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17: The Zombie King and Co (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18: The Arrest Warrant (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Gods and Monsters (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20: Riding Out (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21: The Love of a Vampire (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22: The Church of the Faceless (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23: The Homecoming (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24: The Temple Siege (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25: The Vivid Dead (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26: Terminal Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27: Into the Temple (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28: A Vile History (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29: Who Knows What Darkness (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30: Tenebrae (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31: Fuel (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32: A Bad Night in Haggard (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33: Willow Hill (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34: Valkyrie and Fletcher (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35: Teaching the Twins (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36: Confiding in Uncle Gordon (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37: The Wisdom of Leonard Cohen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38: Back at the Window Again (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39: Killing Craven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40: The End of the Death Bringer (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41: Home Sweet Home (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42: A New Mission (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43: A & E (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44: Mission Accomplished (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45: The Nicest Town in Ireland (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46: The Requiem Ball (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47: This Evening’s Entertainment (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48: Going Underground (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49: The Pre-Emptive Strike (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50: China’s Ally (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51: Flirting Disastrously (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52: All Fall Down (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53: The Death Bringer Rises (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54: Monster, Murderer (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 55: Tunnel Vision (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 56: Panic (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 57: Beheaded (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 58: The Main Event (#litres_trial_promo)
