

Over at Corrival Academy, Omen Darkly is in a meeting with Ms Gnosis in her office, discussing his future choice of discipline. Cuffed and helpless Yonder declares his animosity towards the duo before being presumably taken away. After a brief scuffle Lush, Rattan and Yonder are defeated. The trio of guards tries to leave only for Skulduggery to stop them and declare that they are under arrest causing all three to turn hostile. It's implied that the owners had not paid the city guard protection money and as such were being targeted till they do so. After a brief discussion, it's revealed that this shop belongs to mortals from the Leibniz Universe. They investigate only to find three city guards, Sergeant Yonder, Officer Lush and Officer Rattan trashing the place.

They leave the bar and notice a City Guard car parked in the next street over in front of a small shop with its door kicked in. They decide to leave the bar but not before Valkyrie knocks out a patron she describes as getting too handsy with the staff. Skulduggery presses Christopher for an answer only for him to insist he really doesn't know the whereabouts of Dr Nye, but insinuates that Nye came to Christopher with the splash, received payment, and left.

Valkyrie initially tries to goad Panthea into a fight but ends up flirting with her instead. As the discussion begins to get heated Christopher calls on one of his door staff, Panthea, in an attempt to have them thrown out. Originally created by Nye, the Splash is a sigil carved onto a piece of paper that gives the user a jolt of magic, just enough to feel good. They meet up and converse with Christopher Reign owner of a local Roarhaven bar and distributor of a new magical item known as a Splash. Skulduggery Pleasant: Bedlam begins with Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant following a lead regarding Dr Nye's location. With Abyssinia's grand plan about to kick off in a night of magic, terror, and bloodshed, it falls to Omen Darkly to save the lives of thousands of innocent people.Īnd as the madness unfolds around him, as hidden enemies step into the light, and as Valkyrie is sucked into a desperate, lawless quest of her own, he has no choice but to become the hero he never really wanted to be ― or die in the attempt. On a desperate journey to recover her sister's lost soul, Valkyrie Cain goes up against the High Sanctuary itself, and there's nothing Skulduggery Pleasant can do to stop her. The 12th explosive novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, BEDLAM will blow your mind – and change everything…
