I wasn't always this way. That's a lie, but isn't that how you start talking with a psychologist? When I was 10 years old, everything changed. My mother became a terrifying figure, My step father tormented me. When I was 14, I tried to kill myself. That's when everything really went to shit. That's when I found out about genetic disorders, depression is in fact a disease. That's when I learned lifes greatest lessons. I learned to love,

Valkyrie Cain hasn't had an easy life, she's been named all sorts of horrible things such as 'death bringer'- the one to destroy the world. For seven years Valkyrie has been training herself in a number of combative arts and disciplines of magic, working on cases with Skulduggery Pleasant (the skeleton detective) and basically making trouble for the sanctuary as per usual. However it's time to tell her sister, young Alice, not everything is as it seems and Valkyrie feels she should 'grow up' to start teaching her sibling about all the wondrous things a life like this can include. But with her evil side slumbering inside her - better known as her 'mood swing' and 'Darquesse', how long can all this disgusting 'maturity' last?... Really?