SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT: DARK DAYS

By Derek Landy

Synopsis

Skulduggery Pleasant is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possibly survive? (Yes, all right, he's already dead. But still.) What can we say, without giving too much away? Not much, is the answer....All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world’s weight is on her shoulders, and its fate is in her hands. These are dark days indeed... Book 4 of the series.

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Narrator	Rupert Degas
Length	8hrs
Catalogue No.	617614
Publisher	Oakhill Audio; 2010

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