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The Faceless Ones

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  • 2007 first published
  • 384 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
  • 18 editions
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The Faceless Ones is a 2007 horror and stage-magic fiction novel by Derek Landy. Much of the action takes place in Ireland. It deals with magic, wizards, Skulduggery Pleasant and Dead.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 56 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 4 languages.

At about 384 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About The Faceless Ones

The third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the "funny" back in...um...funny series. That didn't really work, did it?If you've read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are – and if you know what the Faceless Ones are, then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero and his young sidekick. If you haven't read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go and read them right now, so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about. Done? Good. So now you're on tenterhooks too, desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions, and instead you're going to have to wait to read the book. Sorry about that.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Mystery
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Wizards
  • Skulduggery Pleasant
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Stephanie, Fictitious character : Landy
  • Dead
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Good and evil
  • Magician detectives
  • Child and youth fiction
  • Science fiction, fantasy, horror

Quick answers

Who wrote The Faceless Ones?

The Faceless Ones was written by Derek Landy and first published in 2007.

What genre is The Faceless Ones?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is The Faceless Ones?

The median edition has 384 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Faceless Ones?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, Book 6), The Magician's Nephew and Thief's Magic.

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