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Last Stand of Dead Men
Derek Landy
The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked…War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making.But while this war is only beginning, another war rages within Valkyrie herself. Her own dark side, the insanely powerful being known as Darquesse, is on the verge of rising to the surface. And if Valkyrie slips, even for a moment, then Darquesse will burn the world and everyone in it.
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HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013
First published in this edition in the
United States of America by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008266424
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Version: 2018-11-06
This book is dedicated to you.
Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work.
I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy.
Now please, for the love of whatever god you pray to, leave me alone.
Contents
Cover (#u045373a6-1751-5196-8e34-6282085c02ce)
Title Page (#u4e31e551-d2c2-5569-9eb8-63480ea2e03d)
Copyright (#u6c6297e7-d136-58d2-b22c-da17347ce8cc)
Dedication (#ua63944cb-bbc5-5bc1-b251-3a418354d6fa)
Five Years Ago (#ufa5aaed0-c795-5975-b28d-5b279459ec57)
Three Months Ago (#ufdea6e84-b666-55c9-b45a-7f9911ce75a9)
Chapter 1: The Witches (#uccfbf9dd-cd80-503a-b33f-fa8e553d374d)
Chapter 2: Back in Roarhaven (#uae5ce4ca-ff1c-5041-aa87-59f26d6fffe8)
Chapter 3: The Big Day (#u24e478f8-41b5-596c-8ad3-805d6cc2ef0a)
Chapter 4: The Secret Origin Of … (#u3d800f44-af32-5ef8-8a91-4dc23e2f6756)
Chapter 5: Unfair Advantage (#u50a6d643-111c-5e22-9447-56703c46ba9d)
Chapter 6: Stark Realities (#u4921665d-d1bf-5656-8bcb-8cebd102ab95)
Chapter 7: Saracen (#u203adb5a-5f76-5ecb-b869-3ae27a6406c2)
Chapter 8: Searching the Aisles (#ue8336c65-2550-5491-821f-14c4cc68bc2f)
Chapter 9: Roarhaven’s Number One Public House (#u8c8f9862-83bc-539b-831c-73894824a9ad)
Chapter 10: The Thirteenth Floor (#u8a93f559-14f2-53ae-a3e9-4de7dc745bbb)
Chapter 11: Big, Tough Man (#u6baceb32-58c0-55c9-a69a-69c811b9ac4d)
Chapter 12: The Deadline (#u57564a35-1788-5591-b79e-d01381b9f7e2)
Chapter 13: Eye for an Eye (#u60165741-be53-5811-a9ff-436b705eec0b)
Chapter 14: Seeing the Future (#u2c54c2e7-4aec-5b21-830e-dd377c6781ec)
Chapter 15: Spilling Blood (#uf8139a75-35e4-5ec5-b7b0-8a15d9383046)
Chapter 16: The Supreme Council (#u7ebf554d-1e66-56d2-88b8-c0d9056f2287)
Chapter 17: Muffins (#u9ab3586a-82a0-575c-9407-e5c644149700)
Chapter 18: Regis (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Laken Cross (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20: Off to War (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21: Making Plans (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22: Staying Out of Trouble (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23: The Dark and Stormy Knight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24: Stagnant Water (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25: The Old Gang Back Together (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26: The Pursuit Begins (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27: Mantis (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28: The Stick (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29: Tanith’s True Love (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30: Dead Men’s Tales (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31: Wolfsong (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32: The Ghost Town (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33: Monster Hunters and Me (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34: Rude Awakening (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35: Sneaking In (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36: Losing Blood (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37: Charivari (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38: The Keep (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39: Enemy Combatants (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40: Wolves at the Door (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41: Gunning for Ode (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42: Misdirection (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43: Undercover (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44: The Call to Action (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45: Under Attack (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46: The New Captain (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47: Ajuoga (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48: Assassins (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49: Intimidation Techniques (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50: The Battle at the Keep (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51: The Man with the Golden Eyes (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52: A Reasonable Reaction (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53: In Her Head (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54: Stephanie Edgley (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 55: Refuge (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 56: The Documentary (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 57: Sunburn (#litres_trial_promo)
