A shot of Skulduggery action.

It isn't easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them from revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world.

Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man.

But he has one thing going for him. He has his arch enemy, Skulduggery Pleasant, chained up in his dungeon, and the only person who is coming to save him is the skeleton detective's 13 year old sidekick.

What could possibly go wrong?

This book is part of a book series called Skulduggery Pleasant .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-13 years.

There are 20 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Derek Landy is the author of the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, which has been published in 35 languages and won him many awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award and the Irish Book of the Decade.