Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones

The Faceless Ones
AuthorDerek Landy
Cover artistTom Percival
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSkulduggery Pleasant
GenreChildren's novel, Fantasy novel, detective novel, comedy novel, adventure novel
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
6 April 2009
Publication placeRepublic of Ireland Ireland
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages395 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-00-73062-37 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC877986714
Preceded byPlaying with Fire (2009) 
Followed byDark Days (2010) 

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones is young adult and fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2009. It is the third of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire.

The story follows the sorcerers and detectives Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant and numerous magic-wielding allies as they try to prevent Batu and the Diablerie from using the remains of the Grotesquery and the last teleporter to return the Faceless Ones to the world. The book would not see release in the US and Canada until 2018.[1] HarperCollins Audio also publishes the unabridged CD sets of the books read by Rupert Degas.