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Skulduggery Pleasant · Book 8

Last Stand of Dead Men

by Derek Landy
Published
29 August 2013
Pages
608
ISBN-13
9780007489237
Type
novel
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About this book

Last Stand of Dead Men (August 2013), 608 pages, is the eighth of the nine Phase I novels, positioned after Kingdom of the Wicked and just ahead of the standalone spinoff The Maleficent Seven, as the original run heads toward its close.

Key facts about Last Stand of Dead Men

Derek Landy wrote Last Stand of Dead Men, a novel on our list. It has been out since 29 August 2013. The book has 608 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780007489237 to find the main one.

Last Stand of Dead Men is book 8 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

Last Stand of Dead Men is book 8 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It follows Kingdom of the Wicked. It is followed by Skulduggery Pleasant: The Maleficent Seven. 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…

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