Author | Derek Landy |
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Cover artist | Tom Percival |
Language | English |
Series | Skulduggery Pleasant |
Genre | Children's novel, Fantasy novel, detective novel, comedy novel, adventure novel |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2 September 2010 |
Publication place | Ireland |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 571 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-00-73773-12 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 754058493 |
Preceded by | Dark Days (2010) |
Followed by | Death Bringer (2011) |
Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil is a young adult fantasy novel written by Irish playwright Derek Landy and published in September 2010. It is the fifth of the Skulduggery Pleasant series and the sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days, marking the first time two novels in the series had been released in one year.
The story follows the sorcerer-detectives Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant as Valkyrie fights to prevent her dark destiny and Remnants seek to fulfil it. 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.