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Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days is the fourth installment of Derek Landy’s young‑adult fantasy series. The novel centers on Valkyrie Cain, a witch and detective, as she searches for her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant’s former head in the world of the Faceless Ones. Alongside an uneasy alliance of former enemies who seek vengeance, Valkyrie faces new threats in a battle of good and evil.
Published in April 2010 and released in the United States and Canada in 2018, the book is available in print and as an unabridged audio CD read by Rupert Degas.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Derek Landy
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