Dark Days

In this fourth installment of the Skulduggery Pleasant series, 12-year-old Valkyrie Cain faces her toughest challenge yet. Her mentor, Skulduggery Pleasant, is trapped in a terrifying dimension, and it's up to Valkyrie and her friends to find his skull and bring him back. As she hones her forbidden necromancy skills, a coalition of old villains, the 'Revengers' Club,' plots a devastating attack. This book masterfully blends dry wit and humor with genuinely dark and suspenseful action, exploring themes of identity, loyalty, and the blurred lines between good and evil. It's a fast-paced, character-driven fantasy mystery perfect for readers aged 10-14.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2010. It is the fourth of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones. The story follows the sorcerer and detective Valkyrie Cain as she attempts to track down the original head of her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant to rescue him from the world of the Faceless Ones, as team of previously significant villains return and join forces to get their revenge upon the pair. The book would not see release in the US and Canada until 2018. HarperCollins Audio also publishes the unabridged CD sets of the books read by Rupert Degas.