“I need a weapon,” Valkyrie muttered.“You’re an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained ina variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world,” Skulduggery pointed out. “I’m fairly certain that makes you a weapon.”“I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick.”“I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas.”

Irish author and screenwriter

Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter best known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road series. He has built a large readership through fiction that moves between fantasy, adventure, and darker comic elements. Since 2018, he has also written numerous comic book series for Marvel Comics. His work is most often associated with action-driven storytelling and sharply voiced characters.