Derek Landy - Last Stand of Dead Men

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013

Reissued in this edition in 2017

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Source ISBN: 9780007489237

Ebook Edition © ISBN: 9780007489244

Version: 2019-04-15

This book is dedicated to you.

Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work.

I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy.

Now please, for the love of whatever god you pray to, leave me alone.

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013 Reissued in this edition in 2017 HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF The HarperCollins website address is: www.harpercollins.co.uk Skulduggery Pleasant rests his weary bones on the web at: www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk Derek Landy blogs under duress at www.dereklandy.blogspot.com Text copyright © Derek Landy 2013 Illuminated letters copyright © Tom Percival 2013 Skulduggery Pleasant TM Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant logo TM HarperCollins Publishers Skulduggery Pleasant © TM Derek Landy Cover design © blacksheep-uk.com Cover illustration © Tom Percival Derek Landy asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the work. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780007489237 Ebook Edition © ISBN: 9780007489244 Version: 2019-04-15

Dedication This book is dedicated to you. Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work. I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy. Now please, for the love of whatever god you pray to, leave me alone.

Five Years Ago

Three Months Ago

Chapter 1: The Witches

Chapter 2: Back in Roarhaven

Chapter 3: The Big Day

Chapter 4: The Secret Origin Of …

Chapter 5: Unfair Advantage

Chapter 6: Stark Realities

Chapter 7: Saracen

Chapter 8: Searching the Aisles

Chapter 9: Roarhaven’s Number One Public House

Chapter 10: The Thirteenth Floor

Chapter 11: Big, Tough Man

Chapter 12: The Deadline

Chapter 13: Eye for an Eye

Chapter 14: Seeing the Future

Chapter 15: Spilling Blood

Chapter 16: The Supreme Council

Chapter 17: Muffins

Chapter 18: Regis

Chapter 19: Laken Cross

Chapter 20: Off to War

Chapter 21: Making Plans

Chapter 22: Staying Out of Trouble

Chapter 23: The Dark and Stormy Knight

Chapter 24: Stagnant Water

Chapter 25: The Old Gang Back Together

Chapter 26: The Pursuit Begins

Chapter 27: Mantis

Chapter 28: The Stick

Chapter 29: Tanith’s True Love

Chapter 30: Dead Men’s Tales

Chapter 31: Wolfsong

Chapter 32: The Ghost Town

Chapter 33: Monster Hunters and Me

Chapter 34: Rude Awakening

Chapter 35: Sneaking In

Chapter 36: Losing Blood

Chapter 37: Charivari

Chapter 38: The Keep

Chapter 39: Enemy Combatants

Chapter 40: Wolves at the Door

Chapter 41: Gunning for Ode

Chapter 42: Misdirection

Chapter 43: Undercover

Chapter 44: The Call to Action

Chapter 45: Under Attack

Chapter 46: The New Captain

Chapter 47: Ajuoga

Chapter 48: Assassins

Chapter 49: Intimidation Techniques

Chapter 50: The Battle at the Keep

Chapter 51: The Man with the Golden Eyes

Chapter 52: A Reasonable Reaction

Chapter 53: In Her Head

Chapter 54: Stephanie Edgley

Chapter 55: Refuge

Chapter 56: The Documentary

Chapter 57: Sunburn

Chapter 58: The Brides of Blood Tears

Chapter 59: The Rise

Chapter 60: One Little Word

Chapter 61: The Real Girl

Chapter 62: Roarhaven Revealed

Chapter 63: The Trap

Chapter 64: The Trap is Sprung

Chapter 65: The Warlocks

Chapter 66: The Siege at Roarhaven

Chapter 67: Wraiths

Chapter 68: Black Smoke, White Flame

Chapter 69: Quiet Moments

Chapter 70: Supercharged

Chapter 71: In the Sanctuary

Chapter 72: Rescue

Chapter 73: War Despondent

Chapter 74: The Thick of It

Chapter 75: Uneven Odds

Chapter 76: China’s Final Act

Chapter 77: The Sacrifice

Chapter 78: After the War

Chapter 79: The Package

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