Cirque du Freak is the saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires, and a petrifying ending, Cirque du Freak will chill, thrill, and leave readers begging for more.

Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy - until his visit to the Cirque Du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a Vampire's Assistant, he tries desperately to resist the one temptation that sickens him, the one thing that can keep him alive. But destiny is calling... the Wolf Man is waiting.

Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered—corpses drained of blood—Darren and Evra are compelled to hunt down whatever foul creature is committing such horrendous acts. Meanwhile, beneath the streets, evil stalks Darren and Evra, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley. Can they escape, or are they doomed to perish in the tunnels of blood?

In the fourth book of the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain-the vampaneze have been there before them. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him further toward the darkness? Only one thing is certain-Darren's initiation into the vampire clan is more deadly than he can ever have imagined.

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampires clan - or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats. Sinister, potent forces are gathering in the darkness. In this nightmarish world of bloodshed and betrayal, death may be a blessing...

Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire's assistant, Darren Shan, finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan. Reissue.

The pursuit begins... Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission. As part of an elite force, Darren searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is long and dangerous - and lined with the bodies of the damned.

Vampire prince and "vampaneze" killer Darren Shan faces his worst nightmare yet—school—but homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out, and the past is catching up with the hunters fast.

With their enemies clamoring for blood, the vampires prepare for a deadly battle—and Darren Shan is framed as public enemy number one in this ninth installment of the "New York Times" bestselling series, now in mass-market paperback.

"If you step through after Harkat, you might never come back. Is your friend worth such an enormous risk?" Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead? Be careful what you fish for...

Book 11 of The Saga Of Darren Shan. Darren's going home. Back to where everything started. The town's changed a lot in the years that he's been away—but then, so has Darren. Plagued by nightmares of what the future seems to hold, Darren feels uneasy revisiting the place where he was re-born as a child of the night, as though the universe (as though destiny) is plotting to throw something very nasty at him on the streets of his old home.

The stunning finale to the "New York Times" bestselling series brings Darren face-to-face with his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows and destroy the world. Is the future written, or can Darren trick destiny?

Un niño tiene que vender su alma a un vampiro para conseguir el antídoto que salvará a su amigo, atado por una tarántula. Me llamo Darren Shan. Soy un "vampiro a medias". No nací así. Antes era normal. Me gustaba leer historias de terror y ver pelis de miedo. Cuando este circo de bichos raros llegó a mi ciudad, mi mejor amigo, Steve Leopard, consiguió entradas y fuimos juntos a verlo. Fue genial, de lo más extraño y estremecedor. Una noche alucinante. Pero lo más raro ocurrió después de la función...

Cirque du Freak is the saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires.

In der Mitte des Raumes lag ein zertrümmerter Sarg. Die Wand und der Boden um ihn herum waren dunkel von Blut. Mr. Crepsley kniete sich vor die Blutlache, um sie näher zu untersuchen. »Es stammt von einem Vampir«, sagte er gedämpft. Ich spürte einen Stich im Magen, und im nächsten Moment umklammerte eine fleischige Hand meine Kehle … Darren Shan war einmal ein ganz normaler Teenager – doch dann wurde er zum Halbvampir. Seitdem entdeckt er an der Seite seines Lehrmeisters Mr. Crepsley aus dem geheimnisvollen Mitternachtszirkus eine dunkle Welt jenseits aller Vorstellungen. Hier muss er sich nicht nur den gefährlichen Prüfungen der Finsternis stellen, die ihm der Rat der Vampire auferlegt hat, sondern entdeckt auch eine Verschwörung, die das Volk der Dunkelheit zu vernichten droht … Dieses Buch enthält Band vier bis sechs von Darren Shans dunkler Vampirsaga: DER BERG DER VAMPIRE DIE PRÜFUNGEN DER FINSTERNIS DER FÜRST DER VAMPIRE

Immer weiter werden Darren Shan und seine Freunde in den Krieg zwischen den Vampiren und ihren untoten Brüdern, den Vampyren, verwickelt. Unzählige Vampire sind ihm schon zum Opfer gefallen. Um dem Schrecken ein Ende zu setzen, gibt es nur einen Weg: Darren Shan muss den Fürst der Vampyre töten. Ein gefährlicher Auftrag, der ihn und seine Freunde dorthin zurückführt, wo alles begann … Dieses Buch enthält Band sieben bis neun der dunklen Vampirsaga von Darren Shan: DIE PROPHEZEIUNGEN DER DUNKELHEIT DIE VERBÜNDETEN DER NACHT DIE FLAMMEN DER VERDAMMNIS