Last stand of dead men /
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TextSeries: Skulduggery Pleasant ; book 8.Publication details: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2014Description: 604 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780007489237 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Pleasant, Skulduggery (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Cain, Valkyrie (Fictitious character) -- FictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Young adult fiction. | Teenage Fiction. | Fantasy/Magic. | Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism | Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction | Children's / Teenage fiction: Science fiction DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: 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... The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to the 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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| JF .L264 2011 No.5 Mortal coil / | JF .L264 2012 No.6 Death Bringer / | JF .L264 2013 No.7 Kingdom of the wicked / | JF .L264 2014 No.8 Last stand of dead men / | JF .L264 2015 No.9 The dying of the light / | JF .L264 2018 No.10 Resurrection / | JF .L264 2019 No.11 Midnight / |
Originally published: 2013.
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... The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to the 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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Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MY 4.6 24 Quiz number: 225201.