Skulduggery Pleasant: Bedlam

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Skulduggery Pleasant: Bedlam
Skulduggery Pleasant: Bedlam
Author	Derek Landy
Cover Artist	Tom Percival
Date Published	May 30, 2019
Date Set In
Publisher	HarperCollins
No. of pages
ISBN	N/A
Publication Order
Preceded by Midnight	Followed by N/A

Skulduggery Pleasant: Bedlam is the twelfth book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series.

Description

The 12th explosive novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, BEDLAM will blow your mind – and change everything…

On a desperate journey to recover her sister's lost soul, Valkyrie Cain goes up against the High Sanctuary itself, and there's nothing Skulduggery Pleasant can do to stop her.With Abyssinia's grand plan about to kick off in a night of magic, terror, and bloodshed, it falls to Omen Darkly to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. 

And as the madness unfolds around him, as hidden enemies step into the light, and as Valkyrie is sucked into a desperate, lawless quest of her own, he has no choice but to become the hero he never really wanted to be ― or die in the attempt.

Plot

Synopsis

Valkyrie POV:

Skulduggery Pleasant Bedlam begins with Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant following a lead regarding Dr Nyes location. They meet up with and converse with Christopher Reign; owner of a local Roarhaven bar and distributor of a new magical item known as Splash. An item originally created by Nye, the Splash is a sigil carved onto a piece of paper that gives the user a jolt of magic. Just enough to feel good. As the discussion begins to get heated Christopher calls on one of his door staff, Panthea, in an attempt to have them thrown out. Valkyrie initially tries to goad Panthea into fighting her but ends up flirting with her instead. Skulduggery presses Christopher for an answer only for him to insist he really doesn't know the whereabouts of Dr Nye. They decide to leave the bar but not before Valkyrie knocks out a patron she describes as getting to handsy with the wait staff. Chapter End.

They leave the bar only to notice a City Guard car parked in the next street over in front of a small shop with its door kicked in. They investigate only to find three city guards Sergeant Yonder, Officer Lush and Officer Rattan trashing the place. After a brief discussion it's revealed that this shop belongs to mortals from the Leibniz universe who have not payed the city guard protection money and as such are being targeted till they do so. The trio of guards try to leave only for Skulduggery to stop them and declare that they are under arrest causing all three to turn hostile. After a brief scuffle Lush, Rattan and Yonder are defeated. Cuffed and helpless Yonder declares his animosity towards the duo before being presumably taken away. Chapter End.

Changeover to Omen POV:

Omen is in a meeting with Miss Gnosis in her office, discussing his future choice of discipline. Omen appears to be indecisive and unsure of what future discipline he wants to specialise in. Miss Gnosis attempts to ease his anxiety. She states that he doesn't have to be to hard on himself as he still has a number of years before he experiences The Surge. Omen and Miss Gnosis briefly discuss about Sensitives and how twins like Auger and Omen have strong psychic connection before Miss Gnosis lets him off early, allowing Omen to get to his next class just before the bell rings. Class starts and Never comes in looking exhausted. She takes a sit next to Omen and the two discuss her recent adventures with Auger and his group. Never expresses how she struggles balancing her life of adventure with her school work. She compares her lazy work ethic to Auger who is seemingly always on top of his homework even after constant adventuring. She attempts to copy off Omen only for Omen to state that he doesn't complete his homework either. Never appears to be slightly annoyed and demands to know why only for Omen to state "I was thinking about other things". Miss Chou walks in and begins class by asking Never a question regarding her homework. Chapter End.

Changeover to Razzia POV:

Razzia is applying makeup in the ladies room of Coldheart Prison next to Abyssinia. Razzia appears to be lost in her thoughts as Abyssinia speaks to her, presumably unaware that Razzia is not listening. Razzia ruminates on her past back in Australia. She admits it gets quite hazy as she thinks back to her father who she seems to be unsure she even had. On one hand, she has vague memories of a "a nasty old man quick with his fists" but expresses her dislike at those memories substituting them for memories of a more lovable father. Razzia realises Abyssinia has still been talking this whole time. Razzia is now completely lost as to what they were just discussing. Razzia goes back to applying her makeup and thinking to herself. Knowing Abyssinia, she assumes she has been talking about her son, Cassion, the entire time. Razzia inwardly expresses happiness at Abyssinia getting Cassion back but appears to be at odds with him now being viewed as the weirdest one of the group. She admits though that anyone having to endure what Cassion had just endured for a near century would come out at the very least a little odd. It's for this reason that Razzia looks up to Cassions torturer, Serafina, admirably. She secretly wishes to meet this mysterious wife of Mevolent and perhaps learn a thing or two from someone like her. Abyssinia interrupts Razzia thoughts asking for her opinion on something Razzia defects the question by instead asking Abyssinia what she thinks. Abyssinia believes that they should move to the next stage of her plan but at the same is concerned and unsure of what to do about Auger Darkly. Razzia doesn't see what the problem is. The Darkly Prophecy is still more than 2 years away. Plenty of time in Razzias mind to find an opportunity to kill him. She explains her thoughts to Abyssinia in a paradoxical way ending with her expressing her views on the whole concept of prophecies as a complicated yet deceptively simple business. Abyssinia disagrees and Razzia concedes the argument. Admitting that her opinion may be invalid due to her being crazy. Chap End.

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