Together for the first time in a bumper paperback edition books 1 & 2 in the dead famous bestselling series. It's one book...and twice the awesome. Book 1: Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes & dead. Book 2: Vengeous. Dusk. Sanguine. Three of the deadliest killers alive are in town to resurrect an unstoppable creature of horrifying power...and only Skulduggery & Valkyrie stand in their way. ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes. & dead. Skulduggery Pleasant is gone sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. If his bones haven't already been turned to dust chances are he's insane driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods. There is no official Sanctuary-approved rescue mission. There is no official plan to save him. But Valkyrie's never had much time for plans. The problem is even if she can get Skulduggery back there might not be much left for him to return to. There's a gang of villains bent on destroying the Sanctuary there are some very powerful people who want Valkyrie dead & as if all that wasn't enough it looks very likely that a sorcerer named Darquesse is going to kill the world & everyone on it. Skulduggery is gone. All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world's weight is on her shoulders & its fate is in her hands. These are dark days indeed. ...

The sixth instalment in the historic hysterical & horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think youve seen anything yet? You havent. Because the Death Bringer is about to rise! The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer & thats a Good Thing. Theres just one catch. Theres a reason the Necromancers dont need her any more. & thats because theyve found their Death Bringer already the person who will dissolve the doors between life & death. & thats a very very Bad Thing! ...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yes. & dead. The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer & that's a Good Thing. There's just one catch. There's a reason the Necromancers don't need her any more
- because they've found their Death Bringer already the person who will dissolve the doors between life & death. & that's a very very Bad Thing...
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The seventh instalment in the biggest funniest most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe
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Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective sorcerer warrior. Oh yeah. & dead. Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are back
- just in
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Just when you think you've saved the world... You will kill her?" the Torment asked. Skulduggery sagged. " Yes." He hesitated then took his gun from his jacket. "I'm sorry Valkyrie " he said softly. " Don't talk to me " Valkyrie said. " Just do what you have to do." Valkyrie parted her tunic & Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath. " Please forgive me " Skulduggery said then aimed the gun at the girl & pulled the trigger. With Serpine dead the world is safe once more. At least that's what Valkyrie & Skulduggery think until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison & dead bodies & vampires start showing up all over Irel&. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile & pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home...?" ...

Third bone-breaking belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the funny" back in...um...funny series. That didn't really work did it? If you've read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are
- & if you know what the Faceless Ones are then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero & his young sidekick. If you haven't read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go & read them right now so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about. Done? Good. So now you're on tenterhooks too desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions & instead you're going to have to wait to read the book. Sorry about that."
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Mystery hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious. Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Isl&. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic castle the treacherous past of the island re-emerges & everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down down to hell'. Marking the return of Cordelia Gray The Skull beneath the Skin" is a complex mystery which more than lives up to its predecessor " An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"." ...

Simon Winchester from the introduction to Skulls: Skulls tells the story of the skull in both the human & the animal world. Skulls-human in the main but by no means exclusively-have exerted for scores of thousands of years an almost inexplicable power over the human imagination. They are symbols both of existence & of former existence; they are freighted with terror & awe... Perhaps no other biological entity retains such a grip on human psychology as does this assemblage of hollow bone... People are fascinated & captivated by skulls. They always have been & always will be." At the centre of Skulls is a stunning never-before-seen-in-any-capacity visual array of the skulls of more than 300 animals. They skulls are from the collection of Alan Dudley a British collector & owner of what is probably the largest & most complete private collection of skulls in the world. Every skull is beautifully photographed to show off it most fascinating features & to give the reader the most intimate view possible. Where possible cross-sections & additional angles are also show. Along with the imagery each skull

Includes:: a short explanatory essay taxonomy biological data skull details comparative skeletal anatomy & other pertinent information. The text is written by bestselling & international renowned author Simon Winchester & covers the story of Alan Dudly & his collection as well as the biology history & iconography of skulls throughout the world.

Includes:: 550 visually arresting photographs throughout."



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