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BESTSELLER  \nThis book has been specially written and publishedfor World Book Day 2012.For further informationplease see www.worldbookday.com  \nWorld Book Day in the UK and Ireland is madepossible by generous sponsorship from NationalBook Tokens,participating publishers,authors andbooksellers.Booksellers who accept the £1 WorldBook Day Token bear the full cost of redeeming it.  \nAlso by Derek Landy:  \nDEREK LANDY  \nFirst published in paperback in Great Britain for World Book Dayby HarperCollins Children's Books 2012HarperCollins Children's Books is a division ofHarperCollinsPublishers Ltd77-85 Fulham Palace Road,Hammersmith,London W68JB  \nVisit us on the web at www.harpercollins.co.uk  \nVisit Skulduggery Pleasant online atwww.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk  \nDerek Landy blogs under duress atwww.dereklandy.blogspot.com  \n1  \nCopyright C Derek Landy 2012  \nDerek Landy asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work  \nIIluminated letters ◎ Tom Percival 2012Skulduggery Pleasant\"Derek LandySP Logo\"HarperCollins Publishers  \nISBN 978-0-00-745820-2  \nPrinted and bound in England byClays Ltd,St Ives plc  \n# Conditions of Sale\n\nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of tradeor otherwise,be lent,re-sold,hired out or otherwise circulated without thepublisher's prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other thanthat in which it is published and without a similar condition including thiscondition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nMIX  \nPaper from  \nresponsiblo Bourcos  \nFSC  \nFSC C007454  \nwwWcerg  \nFSC is a non profit international organisation established to promote theresponsible management of the world's forests.Products carrying the FSClabel are independenly certified to assure consumers that they comefrom forests that are managed to meet the social,economic andecological needs of present and future generations.  \nThis book is dedicated to cover artistextraordinaire,Tom Percival.  \nFor most people,the cover is the reason they pick upa book in the first place.The amount of correspondenceI get proves this,as people go on and on about how the covercaught their eye,made them want to read about a skeletondetective,how the covers are the best things ever,how the covers blah blah blah..  \nI think it's a generally agreed upon fact that I could draw thecovers if I really wanted to.I have the raw talent,I have the eye,and I have that one year of art college under my belt.  \nAnd I think Tom knows this,which is why he pushes himself toexcel each and every time,why he pushes himself to make thesebooks stand out from the others on the shelf.The threat I poseis important.The threat I pose is a good motivator:  \nKeep pushing yourself,Tom.My time is coming.  \nP.S.You're welcome.  \n0NE  \nhe man with the unfortunate facestood in the aisle between the ScienceFiction section and Crime,and heseemed to betrying to blend in with the bookshelves.He wasn't doing a 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