Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection

Last updated

Resurrection
Skulduggery Pleasant Resurrection book cover.jpg
First edition
Author Derek Landy
Cover artistTom Percival
LanguageEnglish
Series Skulduggery Pleasant
Genre Children's novel, Fantasy novel, detective novel, comedy novel, adventure novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
1 June 2017 [1]
Publication place Ireland
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages432 pp (first edition, hardback) [1]
Preceded by The Dying of the Light (2014) 
Followed by Midnight (2018) 

Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection is a 2017 young adult fantasy novel by Derek Landy. It is the first book in the Skulduggery Pleasant sequel series, and tenth book in the franchise overall. In October 2019, at Easons' Department 51 at Liberty Hall, Dublin in a Q&A following an interview alongside Eoin Colfer, Landy confirmed the original title of Resurrection and the sequel series as a whole as Valkyrie Cain, after both series' main protagonist. [2]

Contents

Synopsis

The book takes place a five years after The Dying of the Light . In addition to continuing the story of the now 24-year-old Valkyrie Cain, the novel introduces Omen Darkly, a younger main character (included at Landy's publisher's request to make the series a little closer to a children's series) whose subplot storylines over the following six books satirises the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, as Omen (inspired by Ron Weasley) stands aside while his "Chosen One" brother Auger (inspired by Harry Potter) has a series of misadventures with his friends, which include Omen's best friend Never (inspired by Hermione Granger). [3]

Temper Fray is an agent who works for Skulduggery Pleasant who, having gone undercover to spy on the anti-sanctuary, a group of sorcerers who want to initiate war between mortals and sorcerers. He is captured by agents of the Anti-sanctuary, including Lethe, Azzedine Smoke, Memphis, Razzia, Cadaverous Gant and Destrier.

Skulduggery Pleasant then, once Temper is missing re-enlists Valkyrie Cain, who is staying at Grimwood House, her Uncle Gordon's former home.

Sebastian Tao then thinks to himself in Roarhaven that he needs to bring Darquesse back.

Valkyrie and Skulduggery then travel to Roarhaven, the magical city, where Corporal Yonder attempts to prevent their access to the High Sanctuary, before Seargent Larrup overrides Yonder and grants them access.[ citation needed ]

Reception

The novel received largely positive reviews.

The Times gave the audiobook a positive review, saying that the series is "witty and edgy" and enthralling. [4]

The Irish Times gave the novel a mixed review saying that it is "very much reliant on fans’ knowledge of previous titles" and that while "existing fans will be delighted", Omen Darkly feels "slightly flat" and "the action- and dialogue-heavy scenes leave little room for thoughtful characterisation". [5]

The Irish Independent gave the novel a positive review saying that the book "sizzles with whip-smart dialogue and dark humour galore" and that they "highly recommend" the book. [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone</i> 1997 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and was Rowling's debut novel. It follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school. With the help of his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, he faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old.

A masquerade is a trope found in speculative fiction, in which a group of supernatural or otherwise extraordinary people hide their existence from the mainstream society in the given setting. The term was first coined by Robert A. Heinlein's Methuselah's Children in 1958. Those hidden groups may form a wainscot society, wherein they live adjacent to mainstream society in a covert manner, but overall remain their own distinct entity with their own culture.

Dark Days or Dark Day may refer to:

Playing with Fire may refer to:

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant</i> (novel) Novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant is the debut novel of Irish playwright Derek Landy, published on 2 April 2007. It is the first of the Skulduggery Pleasant novels. The novel crosses the horror, comedy, mystery, and fantasy genres.

The immense popularity and wide recognition of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series has led to its being extensively parodied, in works spanning nearly every medium. The franchise holds the record for the most fan fiction parodies, at over 900,000 Some self-described parodies have been targeted by Rowling and her publishers as plagiarism, while others have sold hundreds of thousands of copies without any threat of legal sanction. Misinterpretations of Harry Potter parodies have sparked at least two urban legends. Many Harry Potter parodies are self-published; others are put out as part of major comic productions, such as Mad, The Simpsons, South Park, Saturday Night Live and Robot Chicken, all of which have parodied Harry Potter several times. Rowling has also been parodied in a number of instances.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derek Landy</span> Irish author and screenwriter

Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series. Since 2018, he has also written numerous comic book series at Marvel Comics.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire</i> 2008 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire is a young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2008. It is the second of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to the novel of the same name.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones</i> 2009 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2009. It is the third of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant</i> Irish young adult novel series

Skulduggery Pleasant is a series of dark fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. Tom Percival is the series' illustrator. The books revolve around the adventures of fledgling detective Valkyrie Cain and her mentor Skulduggery Pleasant, along with other friends and allies. The central story concerns Valkyrie's struggle to stop evil forces threatening the world and her internal struggle to resist the darkness within.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days</i> 2010 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days is a young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2010. It is the fourth of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to The Faceless Ones.

Bedlam may refer to:

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil</i> 2010 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil is a young adult fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy and published in September 2010. It is the fifth of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and the sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days, marking the first time two novels in the series had been released in one year.

Deathbringer or Death Bringer may refer to:

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer</i> 2011 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer is a young adult fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy and published in September 2011. It is the sixth of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked</i> 2012 young adult novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in July 2012. It is the seventh of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer. The story follows sorcerer-detectives Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant as they investigate a group of people who have suddenly developed magic powers.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men</i> Novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men is a young adult and fantasy novel written by Derek Landy published in August 2013. It is the eighth book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series and the sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked.

<i>Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light</i> 2014 novel by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish author 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyra Valkyria</span> Irish professional wrestler (born 1996)

Aoife Cusack is an Irish professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Lyra Valkyria. She is a former one-time NXT Women's Champion.

References

  1. 1 2 Resurrection. ASIN   0008262845.
  2. ↑ "Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 10)". Harper Collins (U.K.).
  3. ↑ Landy, Derek (10 August 2016). "Heh". Derek Landy Blogs Under Duress.
  4. ↑ Hardyment, Christina. "Our pick of the latest audiobooks". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Hennessy, Claire. "Young adult fiction: the best of the current crop". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Books to take them places". Irish Independent . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.