A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe
- Published
- 23 October 2025
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN-13
- 9780008776671
- Type
- novel
About this book
A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe (October 23, 2025, 240 pages, HarperCollins) is a standalone Skulduggery Pleasant spinoff -- the book version of the series' second podcast -- following three sorcerers who converged in 1962 to battle in a hidden chamber near a disused London Underground platform, with a prophecy that the victor would hold the fate of humanity in their hands, and nothing since -- until now. It sits between A Heart Full of Hatred (March 2025) and A Soul Full of Shadows (March 2026) in publication order.
Key facts about A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe
A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe is a novel by Derek Landy. Readers have had it since 23 October 2025. It runs to 240 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008776671 to find the main one.
A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe is book 24 of 25 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with Skulduggery Pleasant (2007). A Soul Full of Shadows is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 26 March 2026.
Additionally, Derek Landy writes Demon Road as a separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and horror shelves. Meanwhile, A Soul Full of Shadows is the latest published Derek Landy book on file, from 26 March 2026.
About Derek Landy
Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter, born in 1974 in Lusk, County Dublin, who worked on his family's vegetable farm and studied animation before breaking into film: he wrote the IFTA-winning Dead Bodies and the IFTA-nominated Boy Eats Girl, starring Samantha Mumba. See every Derek Landy book in order.
Its place in Skulduggery Pleasant
A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe is book 24 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It follows A Heart Full of Hatred. It is followed by A Soul Full of Shadows. See the full Skulduggery Pleasant reading order.
Twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgley inherits a strange house from her recently deceased uncle and finds herself teamed up with its previous tenant's oldest friend: a wisecracking, magic-wielding, reanimated skeleton detective named Skulduggery Pleasant. Together they investigate a hidden magical Ireland full of sorcerers, monsters, and ancient evils, and Stephanie - who takes the name Valkyrie Cain - trains up from tag-along to genuine magical powerhouse across a saga that keeps escalating in scale and body count as…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008776671
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008788568
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008776688