Meet Skulduggery Pleasant

Ace Detective

Snappy Dresser

Razor-tongued Wit

Crackerjack Sorcerer

and

Walking, Talking,

Fire-throwing Skeleton

--as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.

These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.

The end of the world?

Over his dead body.