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Darren Shan
The undead have hit London, and they are taking over.
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Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck’s dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down…
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The bestselling Cirque Du Freak novel series comes to life in this manga retelling of Shan's grisly adventures as a teenage vampire.
When Larten escapes the terrible workhouse in which he toils, he doesn’t know that he is running from an early death … into another kind of transformation. After meeting the…
A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon!
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Now in paperback–the gut-wrenching first book in The Vampire Mountain trilogy.
Soon to be a major motion picture based on the three books in the Cirque Du Freak series, these books feature new cover images. Darren Shan is an ordinary schoolboy…
Darren returns home, to old ghosts and new nightmares, in the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, now reissued with new cover art.
In the tradition of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, #1 New York Times Bestseller Cirque Du Freak is the first title in the…
Darren Shan faces his worst nightmare yet - school! - in the eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, now reissued with new cover art.
Book 5 in this compelling series about a boy who visits a mysterious freak show that leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Now reissued with…
Leaving the enclave of Vampire Mountain, Harkat, Darren and Mr Crepsley are shadowed by a creature of the night, do battle with the vampaneze, meet the mysterious Evanna and pay…
For use in schools and libraries only. The Vampire’s Assistant chronicles Darren Shan’s new lonely life as a half-vampire, pumped with the cursed blood of his vampire guardian, Mr. Crepsley…
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Includes an excerpt from The vampire’s assistant.
Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, and hunted by the vampire clan, Darren Shan, the Vampire’s assistant, faces certain death. Can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire…
The epic tale of the vampire Larten Crepsley continues. The question is - how far can Larten go… alone?
Before Cirque Du Freak, before the war with the vampaneze, before he was a vampire, Larten Crepsley was a boy. This highly anticipated prequel to the New York Times -bestselling…
Waking up in a military complex, B has no memory of the last few months. Life in the UK has turned tough since the zombie outbreak, and B is woven…
Originally published: Great Britain: HarperVoyager, 2010.
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A brilliant and brand new story of swords, sand and sorcery from the endless imagination that brought you The Saga of Darren Shan and the Demonata. New characters - same…
The allies of the night prepare for the final, deadly confrontation. Darren and Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the…
When a young locksmith finds his way into the Merge, he discovers a parallel universe filled with an infinite number of bizarre, remarkable worlds. Setting off on the adventure of…
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In the stunning finale in Shans New York Times bestselling series, Darren finally faces his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of…
The final installment of the four-book prequel series to the New York Times -bestselling Cirque du Freak series that follows the life of the master vampire.
The ninth novel in the chilling New York Times bestselling series by Darren Shan will keep readers turning page after horrifying page. Now in paperback.
The eighth novel in this chilling New York Times bestselling series by Darren Shan will keep readers turning page after horrifying page, now available in trade paperback.
From a New York Times -bestselling Master of Horror comes a bind-up containing the first three novellas of his apocalyptic Zom-B series. This volume features Zom-B, Zom-B Underground, and Zom-B…
With the darkness of John Connolly and the quirkiness of Neil Gaiman, LADY OF THE SHADES is a dark supernatural thriller for adults from the No.1 bestselling author, Darren Shan.
For the past year Grubbs Grady has done everything to fight off Lord Loss in an attempt to protect what’s left of his family and friends, but this time he…
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when he begins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the full moon, he is scared. Can he fight…
In the seventh entry of this New York Times bestselling series, Darren Shan, part of an elite force, searches the world of the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is…
Darren Shan is framed as public enemy number one in the ninth book in the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, now reissued with new cover art.
Darren goes to a banned freak show with Steve. It’s the Cirque du Freak where half human/half animals appear who interact with the audience. Darren - a spider freak -…
In the third instalment in the creepy, captivating Larten Crepsley series, Larten finds out what it means to love… but is he also damned to find out what it means…
First published in Great Britain by Collins in 2005 –T.p. verso.
First published in Great Britain by Collins in 2006 –T.p. verso.
Darren, the vampire’s assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mrs. Crepsley. Soon, corpses are discovered drained of…
Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire’s assistant.
Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, must clear his name and avenge the death of Gavner Purl. Can a half-vampire outwit a Vampire Prince?
The eleventh part of the Saga of Darren Shan - one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince.
The twelfth part of the Saga of Darren Shan - one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince.
The second volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children’s author.
The seventh novel in the chilling New York Times bestselling series by Darren Shan will keep readers turning page after horrifying page, now in paperback.
