Stephanie's Edgely's Uncle, a well known novelist, dies of suddenly, leaving her with his mansion and his money. Stephanie spends a night alone in the mansion and is attacked by a mysterious stranger who wants the "key", she is saved by someone she saw at the funeral, Skulduggery Pleasant. Skulduggery Pleasant throws a fireball at her assaulter and then shooting him for good measure. Skulduggery's disguise slips off to reveal that he a wizard as well as a skeleton. Skulduggery takes Stephanie under his bones and they go looking for the Scepter of The Ancients,a weapon known only in folklore. Skulduggery's old enemy, Nefarian Serpine, has already taken the Scepter for his own and Stephanie and Skulduggery may be too late to prevent this disaster.
Anara is a world where the brutal dictatorship of the Watch has taken control and killed the Keepers, who searched endlessly for Ancient Relics that contained immense power, left behind by the Makers. The Keepers are now hunted ruthlessly by the watch and only a few remain. Galen one of the last Keepers was injured when a Relic exploded and now he can no longer access the forces of life and call upon its abilities. Raffi, Galen's apprentice is his only protection from the Watch as they search for a secret Relic that might be able to restore Galen to his previous glory.
It's 1996 and computers have just begun their reign as supreme devices. Josh and Emma are friendly neighbors, until last November, when Josh receives a free copy of AOL he goes over to Emma's house to install it. When they log in though they are directed to Facebook years before it has been created. With the ability to see all their status updates and photo's they can literally see their future and with this knowledge they begin to act with it in mind ridding themselves of what they believe to be problems. This book shows us the changes that can happen over the years and the what we try to do to stop the future. The future of us is Jay Asher's first book and it is quite different from Thirteen Reasons why, i.e. it has a much more optimistic vibe.
