Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in August 2014. It is the ninth and final of the first Skulduggery Pleasant series and follows to Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men.

The Dying of the Light
AuthorDerek Landy
Cover artistTom Percival
Country Ireland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSkulduggery Pleasant
GenreChildren's novel, Fantasy novel, detective novel, comedy novel, adventure novel
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
28 August 2014
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages605 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-00-74892-50 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC36074312
Preceded byLast Stand of Dead Men (2013) 
Followed byResurrection (2017) 

The book was planned to be released in the US and Canada in 2018.[1]

In 2014, The Dying of the Light was shortlisted for the Senior Irish Children's Book of the Year.[2][3]

Plot summary

The story follows the sorcerer and detective Skulduggery Pleasant after the loss of Valkyrie Cain, as he allies with his former protegé's murderous reflection to track down and stop Darquesse before she destroys the world.

Critical response

Sarah Webb, writing for The Independent, said "With plot twists that had me gasping at Landy's audacity, whip-smart dialogue, and enough clever popular culture references to impress even the most jaded teenager, this is a world class book not to be missed."[4].

gollark: WRONG!
gollark: Too stringy.
gollark: I do not like it.
gollark: I do not like it. This is the enemy of mankind.
gollark: ... why?

References
  1. Corbett, Sue (2018-05-01). "He's Baaaack: HarperCollins Reintroduces Skulduggery Pleasant". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  2. https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/bord-gais-energy-irish-book-awards-2014-shortlist-30708369.html
  3. https://www.thejournal.ie/bord-gais-energy-book-awards-2014-shortlist-1753066-Oct2014/
  4. Final Skulduggery book in best-selling series is a blast


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