For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle-time and time again-by Skulduggery Pleasant's side, and always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister. With Skulduggery racing to catch up and young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has six hours to find Alice before it's too late.

In a matter of days, the world will change. Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final, desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones - destined to bring back humankind's ancient overlords. To prevent this, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have one last - terrible - option: the assassination of Damocles Creed. Now Valkyrie must decide who she wants to be: the hero who risks everything for a noble ideal, or the killer who sacrifices...

We all know that doors are for people with no imagination, so smash the glass, climb through the window and enter the awesome world of Skulduggery Pleasant with this definitive story collection. Fully updated, this edition contains all the original stories, PLUS new novella "Apocalypse Kings", and six new stories that have never before appeared in print, for a total in this magnificent collection of twenty mind-blowing Skulduggery Pleasant tales....