Apocalypse Kings
A Skulduggery Pleasant novella for World Book Day: a hilarious and thrilling standalone story in the internationally bestselling series – perfect for new readers, and essential for Skulduggery fans…
Three ancient gods are freed from their prison with only one desire: to destroy the planet and everyone on it.
To save us all, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must go undercover in a Dublin school. Skulduggery has to blend in with the teaching staff, while Valkyrie has to pass for an ordinary schoolgirl. Above all else, no matter what happens, they both must act completely and utterly normal.
We are so dead.
About the Skulduggery Pleasant Series
Books in series order
- 1.Skulduggery Pleasant (Scepter of the Ancients)(2007)
- 2.Playing with Fire(2008)
- 3.The Faceless Ones(2009)
- 4.Dark Days(2010)
- 5.Mortal Coil(2010)
- 6.Death Bringer(2011)
- 7.Kingdom of the Wicked(2012)
- 8.Last Stand of Dead Men(2013)
- 9.The Dying of the Light(2014)
- 10.Resurrection(2017)
- 11.Midnight(2018)
- 12.Bedlam(2019)
- 13.Seasons of War(2020)
- 14.Dead or Alive(2021)
- 15.Until the End(2022)
- 16.A Mind Full of Murder(2024)
- 17.A Heart Full of Hatred(2025)
- +Apocalypse Kings(2021)
- +Armageddon Outta Here(2014)
- +Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon(2008)
- +Hell Breaks Loose(2023)
- +Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven(2013)
- +The End of the World(2012)
- +The Lost Art of World Domination(2007)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant:
Ace Detective
Snappy Dresser
Razor-tongued Wit
Crackerjack Sorcerer
and Walking, Talking,
Fire-throwing Skeleton.
He also happens to be the ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old girl.
These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.