| Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection | |
| Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection | |
| Author | Derek Landy |
| Cover Artist | Tom Percival |
| Date Published | 1st June 2017 |
| Date Set In | Spring 2017 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| No. of pages | N/A |
| ISBN | ISBN-10: 0008266468 ISBN-13: 9780008266462 |
| Publication Order | |
| Preceded by Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light |
Followed by Skulduggery Pleasant: Midnight |
- "The skeleton detective is coming back to life… again! It’s the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will REARRANGE YOUR WORLD."
Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection is the tenth book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It was first announced by Derek Landy via YouTube on July 29th, 2016[1]. The book will have main characters Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain return, as well as a new protagonist Omen Darkly[2].
Synopsis
A lot has changed. Roarhaven is now a magical city, where sorcerers can live openly. Valkyrie Cain has been out of action for years, recovering from the war against her alter-ego Darquesse, which nearly destroyed her and everyone else.
Some things never change though: bad people still want to do bad things, and Skulduggery Pleasant is still there to stop them.
When Skulduggery learns of a plot to resurrect a terrifying evil, he persuades Valkyrie to join him for just 24 hours. But they need someone else on their team, someone inconspicuous, someone who can go undercover.
Enter Omen Darkly. Student at the new Corrival Academy. Overlooked. Unremarkable in every way.
24 hours to save the world. One sharply-dressed skeleton. One grief-stricken young woman. One teenage boy who can’t remember which class he’s supposed to be in.
This cannot end well…
Plot
Temper Fray, an undercover agent in the Anti-Sanctuary, a group that believes mortals are inferior to sorcerers and wants to start a war that would end in sorceres ruling mortals, is discovered and chased by Lethe, the leader; Razzia, a psychopath with tendrils from her palms; Nero, a Teleporter; Memphis and Quibble, siblings; and Smoke, with mind control powers, who subdues Temper. Lethe kills Quibble for refusing to kill a child.
Valkyrie has been back in Ireland for 5 months after her 5 year stay in Colorado, but is struggling with guilt and trauma over Devastation Day and her temporary murder of Alice and avoiding her family, whilst being haunted by a splinter of Darquesse (later named Kes). Skulduggery requests her assistance to investigate Temper's disappearance - the pair form the Arbiter Corps, an independent investigative institution with absolute jurisdiction.
Sebastian Tao, dressed as a plague doctor, searches for Darquesse to save the world.
Omen, an average schoolkid at Corrival Academy and the younger brother of ‘Chosen One’ Auger, is asked by Skulduggery to infiltrate a group of students associated with the Anti-Sanctuary. His classmates include Never, his only friend and a Teleporter, Filament, an amiable older student, Axelia, who Omen has a crush on, and Jenan, who openly hates mortals, and his teachers include Fletcher, who teaches Teleportation, Militsa, a Necromancer who befriends Valkyrie, Peccant, who seems to hate Omen, Miss Wicked, who is beautiful and commanding, and Mr Lilt, who also doesnt like mortals and leads a study group including Jenan, Arcanum's Scholars. Omen spies on a meeting of theirs in which Lilt threatens to kill a member, Byron.
The Anti-Sanctuary, along with Cadaverous Gant, break into and overtake Coldheart Prison (weakened temporarily due to interference from Supreme Mage Sorrows) and find a heart in a box.
Valkyrie faces anger from members of the public wronged by Darquesse, befriends Militsa and meets Sebastian. She visit Cassandra's cottage with Skulduggery, empty since the Night of Knives, and discover Valkyrie has Sensitive abilities, having multiple chilling visions including one of the Princess of the Darklands, who can see her and threatens her, Never dying, and Omen in danger, prompting her to try and cut Omen loose.
The Arbiters visit an Anti-Sanctuary member studied in a report by Lilt on Neoterics, sorcerers with powerful and unstable magic, named Melior. The Anti-Sanctuary appear (with Destrier, who can slow time) and Lethe batters Skulduggery in single combat, demonstrating an ability to learn very quickly how to fight against him. Fletcher teleports them to Reverie’s clinic but is stabbed by Nero.
Skulduggery tells Omen that Lilt has been arrested and his work is done. Nevertheless, Omen spies on another Arcanums Scholars meeting in which Lethe appears, calling them the First Wave of the Anti-Sanctuary, but is caught and thrown off a balcony but saved by Peccant. Nero later meets Jenan and tells him to find and kill the spy, and Omen touches Nero as he teleports away, going with him to Coldheart. He finds Temper and frees him but they are confronted by Lethe, Nero and Razzia. Omen gets the drop on Nero and forces him to teleport them back to Roarhaven.
Melior meets with the Arbiters, asking for help. He tells them about the Anti-Sanctuary, who want to force a war between sorcerers and mortals that ends in sorcerers ruling mortals. that they kidnapped his husband, Savant, to force his cooperation, and that their leader, the Princess of the Darklands, is called Abyssinia, who Skulduggery reveals to be an ex who enhanced the worst parts of him after he returned during the war, and helped him become Lord Vile. She was a Neoteric with the power to absorb others life forces and wanted to murder Mevolent and take his place but Vile stabbed her before she could. Years after Lord Vile reverted to Skulduggery, but still during the war, Abyssinia returned even more powerful, prompting the Dead Men and Mevolent to strike a deal to assassinate her, cutting her heart from her body(and putting it in the box in Coldheart) when she surrendered to save her son, theorised to be the King of Darklands Auger is destined to face. The Anti-Sanctuary plan to resurrect her using Meliors healing powers and a machine designed by Destrier (who isn't really part of the Anti-Sanctuary) in a ritual for which he needs to take the life force of three Neoterics to transfer to her heart. The Arbiters are then ambushed by Smoke and Skulduggery is corrupted, shooting Valkyrie in the leg and promising to kill her and her family.
Militsa tells Valkyrie that Lethe's suit is a necronaut suit and gets Never (who hates Valkyrie as Darquesse killed their brother) to teleport Valkyrie, Temper and Omen(who was attacked by Jenan and saved by Miss Wicked) to Melior's house. They find a pic of Melior with Lilt, Tipstaff (the Sanctuary Administrator, a traitor who freed Lilt) and Tessa, an ex of Tempers from when they were in the Church of the Faceless, recently legitimised by China and led by Creed. They are attacked by a serial killer with invisibility powers, Mr Glee, but Never teleports them away. China imprisons Tipstaff and Temper meets Tessa, who tells him Smoke infused Lethe's necronaut suit with his magic.
Skulduggery and Cadaverous talk about his powers and Abyssinia talking to him and reigniting his magic during a heart attack. They capture the sacrifices for the ritual but Memphis accidentally kills one, and Melior informs them Valkyrie is the only potential suitable replacement.
Filament tells Omen the Arcanums Scholars have left but split with Byron. Valkyrie and Omen visit him but Skulduggery tracks Byron through a sigil and Smoke corrupts him to kill his neglectful mother, which Omen stops him doing. Valkyrie takes out Smoke and Nero but Skulduggery captures her and takes her to Coldheart, where they discuss Valkyries regret over avoiding her family and Skulduggery leaving the City Guard as they killed a prisoner in interrogation.
China asks Never to teleport a group of Cleavers to Valkyries side to help her when she activates a sigil but Omen tells Never to take Omen and Temper instead as Temper knows a better way.
The ritual begins, with Lilt threatening to kill the First Wave kids to force Melior’s cooperation. Melior transfers the first two life forces to the heart but it isn't enough to grow a full body. Skulduggery goes to kill Valkyrie but is able to free himself from Smokes influence during their conversation (perhaps due to his different aura and their strong bond) and kills Memphis, injures Nero and frees Valkyrie. The other convicts riot but are fought off by Valkyrie and Razzia, who then leaves under apparent truce. Lethe fights them and is winning but is stunned by Kes long enough to be cuffed. Smoke corrupts Skulduggery again but he fights it off again and kills him. Lethe tries to convince Melior to finish the ritual with his life force but Omen, Never and Temper teleport in after Valkyrie taps the sigil, revealing that Lethe is Savant, controlled by the suit. Valkyrie saves Never’s life based off her vision but is wounded and bleeding, allowing Abyssinia to steal enough of Valkyries life force to return. Never teleports them all to Corrival.
Mortal USA President Flanery, who has a Sensitive working for him against mortals, meets Lilt after his escape.
Sebastian meets Bennet, member of a Darquesse worshippers cult, who he helps catch his wife cheating on him with a Hollow Man, and convinces him to find a Shunter to track down Darquesse.
Omen expresses interest in being a Signum Linguist like China, and reveals he wasn't taught to fight, just used as a punching bag in Augers training. Skulduggery inspires Omen as part of the team, Valkyrie visits her family again and Melior and Savant recover together.
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References
- ↑ "Derek Landy New Book" on YouTube. Retrieved 01/08/16.
- ↑ "Skulduggery Pleasant is back!" article by HarperCollins. Retrieved 01/08/16.
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