Last Stand Of Dead Men: Derek LandyBook VIII of Skulduggery Pleasant. Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior and oh, yes dead. War has finally come. But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team