Bedlam
core novel 2019 Skulduggery Pleasant
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.31 (5,679 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 608 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780008293666 |
| Internal chronology | 12 |
Synopsis
Bedlam, the twelfth Skulduggery Pleasant book, follows Valkyrie Cain on a perilous mission to recover her sister Alice's lost soul, a search that eventually leads her to confront the High Sanctuary directly. Meanwhile the young sorcerer Omen Darkly, still finding his footing after the events of Midnight, is thrust into an unexpected heroic role as the villain Abyssinia sets a catastrophic plan into motion. Over the course of a single night of magic, terror, and bloodshed, Valkyrie's search for Alice's soul and Omen's unwilling involvement in Abyssinia's scheme converge, drawing in allies across Roarhaven as the scale of the threat becomes clear. The book follows both plotlines as the characters try to contain the damage before it spreads further.
Where it sits
- Universe: Skulduggery Pleasant
- Series: The Skulduggery Pleasant main sequence core; position 12 of 18 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Derek Landy
Notes
- From the series record (The Skulduggery Pleasant main sequence): The main numbered sequence concluded with A Soul Full of Shadows (2026); several companion novellas and short-story collections in the same setting exist but are not catalogued in this admission.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Skulduggery Pleasant main sequence: position 12 of 18: previous Midnight (2018) · next Seasons of War (2020)
Sources
- FantasticFiction: Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant
- https://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/books/bedlam/
- https://skulduggery.fandom.com/wiki/Skulduggery_Pleasant:_Bedlam
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