Dead or Alive
- Published
- 1 April 2021
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN-13
- 9780008470272
- Type
- novel
About this book
Dead or Alive (April 2021), 608 pages, continues Phase II, positioned after Seasons of War and ahead of the companion volume The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire, as the six-book second run heads toward its 2022 close.
Key facts about Dead or Alive
Derek Landy wrote Dead or Alive, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 April 2021. The book has 608 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008470272 to find the main one.
Dead or Alive is book 16 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
Dead or Alive is book 16 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It follows Seasons of War. It is followed by The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire. 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 9780008386320
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008470272