Resurrection is a welcome return all round. The action in the set-pieces is crystal clear you can always follow who is doing what to who and why – something that can’t be said for a lot of action films! And Landy’s talent for naming a character has not faded, with Omen’s contemporaries at school including Filament Sclavi, Jenan Ispolin and Parthenios Lilt. It’s dark and funny, fast-paced but takes the time to explore the toll all this world-saving has had on Valkyrie’s psyche. Derek Landy is the author of the bestselling, awardwinning Skulduggery books the funniest dead detective ever Before writing his childrens story about a. Resurrection will obviously appeal to the army of fans who know and love Skulduggery and Valkyrie, but Landy’s supremely assured writing style and capacity for world-building make it accessible for new readers too. Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 1) Derek Landy HarperCollins UK, Juvenile Fiction - 384 pages 81 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and. Though Omen is keen to help, Skulduggery is wary of pulling him too deep into his dangerous world – and with good reason. As extra help is needed they enlist new character Omen Darkly, a (very) ordinary schoolboy whose main claim to fame is that his brother is prophesied to save the world. The skeleton detective teams up with his old partner Valkyrie Cain to take them on, but she remains deeply traumatised by the events of the first series.
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