I've read a lot of things on history and science, so that discussion about "giant lizards that once ruled the Earth" was so believable. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making. Since the release of the first novel in 2007, Skulduggery Pleasant, the series has been praised by both readers and critics. In addition, Derek has been crafting many novellas that are longer than a full-length book, beginning in February 2012 with The End of the World.

Skulduggery Pleasant: Hell Breaks Loose’ — Official Synopsis ‘Skulduggery Pleasant: Hell Breaks Loose’ — Official Synopsis

They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the s That’s where the disappointment sets in because while I’m all for it, this new direction/pattern is something that hasn’t made me want to re-read the newer books compared to the way I used to want to read the phase one books. In October 2022, Landy announced via YouTube livestream that a "one-off prequel" and "Book 0·1", officially titled Skulduggery Pleasant: Hell Breaks Loose (titled on-page as Hell Breaks Loose: From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant, the same titling scheme as the 2013 novella Tanith Low in. Ghastly also proves himself a wonderful and caring friend, especially to Skulduggery, and some of his words hit me so hard.I was very disappointed at the half way mark and would have preferred the story of the first 150 pages to continue like the actual events stated in the Novels. The whole thing is incredibly unfair on Skulduggery but it's hard to imagine Skulduggery risking the whole mission for his own personal gain, but he does. the worst six hours of my life <3 i thought i was gonna read a book about dead men and it was finally our chance to have a WHOLE book dedicated to them but no it had to be ruined by time travel stuff, and i was really excited to see more of mevolent and generals too but what did we got?

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I don't like not liking Skulduggery's new books given the role Landy helped play in my love for reading, but Hell Breaks Loose is, unfortunately, a bad book following a mediocre sequel series. And so he draws together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, killers, criminals, and Valkyrie’s own murderous reflection. That lead to the big problem of "we only have one of these magic knives that can kill him but the magic knife is only magic for one cut" - for the sole reason that there wouldn't be a big problem otherwise, I guess. I really like that we go to see more of The Great War during this, even if the plot that was focused on was something minor in comparison to the grand scheme of the War, as this period is often referenced but never fully seen so it was nice to have a full-length book set in this time period rather than a chapter flashback or an alternate universe version of the War and its aftermath.A compilation of all previously released short stories as well as fresh material, titled Armageddon-Outta-Here, was released on 3 July 2014.