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Skulduggery Pleasant: Audio Collection Books 7-9: The Darquesse Trilogy

Kingdom of the Wicked, Last Stand of Dead Men, The Dying of the Light

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Skulduggery Pleasant: Audio Collection Books 7-9: The Darquesse Trilogy

By: Derek Landy
Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
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Books 7, 8 and 9 in the SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series – known collectively as THE DARQUESSE TRILOGY, Derek Landy's fantastically imaginative series about our favourite dead detective.

KINGDOM OF THE WICKED
Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

LAST STAND OF DEAD MEN
War has finally come, but it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark – it's a war between Sanctuaries. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men.

THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
The War of the Sanctuaries is over, but not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder.

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Best Parts: Is it the fight scenes or the emotional scenes? No its the dedication to himself at the start of The Dying of the Light! Derek Landy is a Irish genius and I've loved every second of it.

3 Amazing books for just 1 Token

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An exciting trilogy in the longstanding series, super solid writing and a great narrative performance

Not a loophole left unfinished

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They use China’s voice for ilisa scorn weird but funny I recommend a great read and a good way to spend your time over lockdown

Worth it

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This trilogy is an amazing set of 3 about Skulduggery Pleasant, Valkyrie Cain and all their friends and enemies. Throughout the years, plus new ones.

Perfectly Levelled Trilogy

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I still find the books well written with rising stakes and unexpected twists and turns, and there's always a good narrator.
But in the third trilogy, the books have started getting too long with too many minor plotlines and characters to follow, especially in the last two. Many of the characters and minor plotlines could have been easily left out without affecting the story too much, trimming away some of the fat and keeping me engaged.
For example, the flash forward to the future in The Dying of the Light doesn't have much point other than "Which Stephanie is this and why is she here?" and giving a small twist reveal at the end. It only serves to interrupt the present story and removing it would change the impact of the present story, the end twist only needing a small rewrite.

Amazing story but too long

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