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  • Playing with Fire

  • Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2
  • By: Derek Landy
  • Narrated by: Rupert Degas
  • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (743 ratings)
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Playing with Fire

By: Derek Landy
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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Summary

Just when you think you’ve saved the world…

"You will kill her?" the Torment asked.
Skulduggery sagged. "Yes." He hesitated, then took his gun from his jacket. "I'm sorry, Valkyrie," he said softly.
"Don't talk to me," Valkyrie said. "Just do what you have to do."
Valkyrie parted her tunic, and Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath.
"Please forgive me," Skulduggery said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.

With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. At least, that’s what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home…?

©2008 Derek Landy (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK

Critic reviews

"This production is exactly the reason young adult fantasy fare can work so well as audio entertainment. Narrator Rupert Degas...does a bang-up job here....This is dark comic fantasy, and Degass timing and complete grasp of the main character's personality couldn't be better." (AudioFile)

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Good journey fodder

Both sons enjoying this series. Good mixture of slightly scary and decent plot. Is leading them back into reading the books too.

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Superb

It never occured to me that Skullduggery would be Irish but this works so well and makes the humour so much funnier. Excellent narration & I have already downloaded the next two books in the series.

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Not for the deep thinker, science fantasy fun

What did you like best about Playing with Fire? What did you like least?

Well read and moved along at a good pace. Character descriptions painted a clear picture in the head.

What will your next listen be?

Probably I Claudius, fancy a bit of Roman drama

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Narrator was very good, one of the books strengths

Could you see Playing with Fire being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No, unless it was a cartoon. Would not get a large enough following.

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Excellent book for all ages

The book skullduggery pleasent is an excellent read with adrenalin filled action scenes that are suited to all ages. I particularly liked where the scenes are based in ireland, it suits the way i read very well, Derek Landy shas writen many skullduggery pleasent books and they are all excellently written the way be sets the book and the storyline. Sklduggery plleasent finds a normal school girl called Valkyrie Edgely who doesent really like school, her parents are boaringand she wants some action and excitement in her life. I wont spoil it for some readers but if you want a brilliantly written book by a brilliantly put together author who knows how to appeal a bookto all ages read this book.

One last good thing about the book is if you want a descriptive book that describes all the dark and and famous objects buy this book.

Now we get to some of the not so good chapters in the boo. Now their are only a few of these bad points as the book is basically perfect, in some of the chapters like hanging around chapters like that yes i know its the starting chapter but it could describe a few more things aswell as Valkyrie Cain. But tobknow what im talking about you.must read the book otherwise its an excellent book and i hope you enjoy it.

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Good

One of the best books
Looking forward to the next book and after that the next and the next
And so on.

Scary for this age 9

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Totally hooked

I am totally hooked on the series!!
The performance (voice overs) are fantastic and I’ve already recommended the series to friends of mine!!

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Exciting and always want to find out what happens next

Captivating book and characters. Sculduggery is a funny character that never shows his fear and always has something to say in any situation. Thoroughly entertainingly fantastic!

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very good book

this book is absolutely amazing for people 12 and up in my case although you will have to read the first one to understand what happens in this book but otherwise it is the perfect teenagers book

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My favourite book of all time

I've read this repeatedly. The skulduggery pleasent series are my favourite books and I reccomend to everyone who enjoys dark fantasy and witty jokes. The narration is beautiful.

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Great story

The story was well read. Loved all the different voices that the narrator did. Well done

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