The Faceless Ones
core novel 2009 Skulduggery Pleasant
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.40 (31,935 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780007302147 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In The Faceless Ones, the third book of Derek Landy's series, Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant, and their allies face a new threat from Batu, also known as Patrick Hanratty, and his faction the Diablerie, one of the sorcerer Mevolent's most ruthless former groups. The Diablerie seek the remains of the Grotesquery and Fletcher Renn, a teenage teleporter believed to be the last of his kind, as part of a plan to bring the Faceless Ones back into the world. Fletcher, hunted by multiple factions because of his rare ability, becomes central to the unfolding crisis, while Kenspeckle Grouse, a doctor wary of the pair's methods, reluctantly assists them. Valkyrie and Skulduggery must locate Batu's operation and protect Fletcher before the Diablerie can use him to complete their ritual, as tensions among the sorcerer factions intensify around them.
Where it sits
- Universe: Skulduggery Pleasant
- Series: The Skulduggery Pleasant main sequence core; position 3 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 3 of 18: previous Playing with Fire (2008) · next Dark Days (2010)
Sources
- FantasticFiction: Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skulduggery_Pleasant:_The_Faceless_Ones
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