{"product_id":"9780008776664","title":"A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Landy, Derek \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 11 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 October 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Skulduggery Pleasant' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 244 pages\u003cbr\u003e161 x 242 x 24 | 410g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book version of the thrilling and innovative second Skulduggery Pleasant podcast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In 1962, three sorcerers converged to do battle in a hidden chamber near a disused platform in the London Underground. Prophecy foretold that the victor would hold the very fate of humanity in their hands. Since then… nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Now, the people who are trying to find out exactly what happened all those years ago are being murdered – there is a killer coming after them, a killer with a plan – and their only hope for survival lies with Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Because when the end of the world comes knocking, our first line of defence must always be sarcasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Unstoppable, withering sarcasm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56015461777783,"sku":"9780008776664","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008776664.jpg?v=1761066208","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008776664","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}