Bad Magic

Derek Landy is the number one bestselling author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Global sales are in excess of six million copies and the books can now be read in thirty-nine languages. The awards heaped upon the epic adventure series include the Irish Book of the Decade and the Red House Children’s Book Award. Derek lives in Ireland.@DerekLandy | www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk

Praise for Bad Magic: ‘Grisly, gripping and memorably satisfying, the first graphic novel in the hugely popular Skulduggery Pleasant series is also a perfect entry point for 14+ readers’ Guardian‘A real cracker. Fun, thrilling, smartly scripted and powerfully making a stand for diversity and inclusion in the face of intimidation and ignorance. Even if this is your first encounter with the worlds of Skulduggery Pleasant, it’s one you will adore and never forget’ Win Wiacek, Now Read This!‘Landy’s smash-hit series for readers aged eight and up is prose gold, with 15 novels in the series so far. And now the skull-faced investigator’s fans can look forward to the graphic novel, complete with a brand new grisly mystery, now in glorious technicolour … Pitch-perfect’ The BooksellerPraise for the Skulduggery Pleasant series:‘A writer at the height of his powers . . . Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride’ Irish Independent‘Fast and funny’ The Times‘Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure’ Rick Riordan‘Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages’ Irish Mail on Sunday‘Hugely enjoyable – a thrill-a-minute adventure’ Jonathan Stroud‘A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour’ Sunday Express‘Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun’ Philip Ardagh, Guardian‘Gripping’ Observer‘A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue’ Irish Times‘A rip-roaring adventure’ Irish Sunday Independent