![]() ![]() Boeselager managed to return his units to the front before, one by one, the other conspirators were rounded up, tortured, and executed. When the bomb failed to kill Hitler, the SS launched a terrifying purge of senior army officers. Boeselager delivered the explosives and then led his unwitting men toward Berlin in order to carry out the coup d'etat. After one aborted attempt-in which Boeselager was assigned to shoot both Hitler and Heinrich Himmler-it was decided that a bomb would be used to assassinate the Führer. But in the summer of 1942, when he witnessed the regime's criminal brutality toward Jews and Gypsies, his patriotism quickly turned to disgust, and he joined a group of officers intent on killing Hitler. not everyone gets out of this alive.When World War II erupted, Philipp von Boeselager, son of an aristocratic Catholic family, fought enthusiastically for his country as a cavalry lieutenant. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must track down Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder - and so he draws together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, criminals… and Valkyrie’s own murderous reflection. The other is a war within Valkyrie Cain’s own soul. One is a war between sanctuaries - a war of loyalty and betrayal and last, desperate stands. For Skulduggery and Valkyrie, it’s going to be another one of those days… Book 8: LAST STAND OF DEAD MEN. ![]() Wielding the magic of the gods, they’re set to tear the city apart, unless someone stands up to them. Across the land normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Together for the first time, books 7, 8 and 9 in the Skulduggery Pleasant - the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe! From number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy. ![]()
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