Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain enjoy life while they can. This is a time for them in between wars, in between criminal cases, and in between arch evil bad guys trying to kill them and the world. ((Valduggery. Fluff with a side of plot. Skulduggery Pleasant Series is owned by Derek Landy))

Valkyrie had also expected something. The past few months had been filled with cases like this one. Simple, silly, pointless thefts. It was boring. It was maddening. She wanted to punch someone who deserved it. The summer had slid in, stealing anything interesting from them. Cases they looked into were dead ends. They all were. Skulduggery looked at her. "Something's wrong."

Set after book 9. Tanith has set up a normal life for herself in Dublin. She has an apartment, neighbours and her on TV set, but she misses the adventure, and she misses her friends. One-shot. For Iris Vhia.

Some time after the end of the war, a new battle has caused the loss of a hero. As the loss is dealt with shadows of the past and present arise in the aftermath of tragedy.