Bad Magic (Skulduggery Pleasant)

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Experience Skulduggery Pleasant as never before in this fully original graphic novel brought vibrantly to life in full colour
A small town in the middle of Ireland, a string of unexplained deaths and a monster on the loose. Better call in the experts.

When Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into Termoncara, they discover a town with a dark past and a people haunted by their own secrets. There is a creature stalking the streets a creature who delights in cruelty, who feeds off the little hatreds, who grows stronger with every drop of blood spilled.

Horror and mystery collide in an original graphic novel by Derek Landy, P. J. Holden, Matt Soffe, Rob Jones and Pye Parr.

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Praise for the Skulduggery Pleasant series:

A writer at the height of his powers . . . Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride Irish Independent

Fast and funny The Times

Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure Rick Riordan

Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages Irish Mail on Sunday

Hugely enjoyable a thrill-a-minute adventure Jonathan Stroud

A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour Sunday Express

Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun Philip Ardagh, Guardian

Gripping Observer

A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue Irish Times

A rip-roaring adventure Irish Sunday Independent

Author Bio

Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."