Death Bringer
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.Oh yes. And dead.The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing.There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more. And that’s because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death.And that’s a very, very Bad Thing…
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First published in Great Britain by
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Reissued in this edition in 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780007326037
Ebook Edition © ISBN: 9780007455430
Version: 2017-04-06
This book is dedicated to my nieces.
Girls, none of you were born when Skulduggery Pleasant first appeared. But since youâve arrived, no one in our family wants to talk about the writer any more. Now all they want to talk about are the damn babies. All of a sudden, no one wants to cuddle me, and for that I blame you.
But I suppose you have your good points. Itâs because of you that Valkyrie has a little sister, after all. Youâre all mildly cute, reasonably adorable, and you make me laugh when you fall over.
So this book is dedicated to you, Rebecca and Emily, Sophie and Clara and
(insert names of any more nieces or nephews that might sprout up between now and when theyâre old enough to read this).
I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I am your favourite uncle. And you probably prefer me to your parents, too.
(Iâve met your parents. I donât blame you. Theyâre rubbish.)
Contents
Chapter 8: Friends in High Places
Chapter 9: Friends in Low Places
Chapter 17: The Zombie King and Co
Chapter 18: The Arrest Warrant
Chapter 21: The Love of a Vampire
Chapter 22: The Church of the Faceless
Chapter 29: Who Knows What Darkness
Chapter 32: A Bad Night in Haggard
Chapter 34: Valkyrie and Fletcher
Chapter 35: Teaching the Twins
Chapter 36: Confiding in Uncle Gordon
Chapter 37: The Wisdom of Leonard Cohen
Chapter 38: Back at the Window Again
Chapter 40: The End of the Death Bringer
Chapter 44: Mission Accomplished
Chapter 45: The Nicest Town in Ireland
Chapter 47: This Eveningâs Entertainment
Chapter 49: The Pre-Emptive Strike
Chapter 51: Flirting Disastrously
Chapter 53: The Death Bringer Rises
Chapter 62: They Walk Among Us
âIt hurts,â she said.
Vandameer Craven, Cleric First Class of the Necromancer Order, esteemed Scholar of Arcane Languages and feared opponent on the debating battlefield, nodded and patted her hand. She had entered into this arrangement with the kind of zeal that only the truly greedy can muster, but recently her bouts of annoying self-pity were becoming more and more frequent. âI know, my dear, I know it does. But pain is nothing. Once our work is done, there will
