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A brand-new series of zombie stories from master of teen horror and bestselling-author Darren Shan is here!
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ZOM-B (Book One)
When news reports start appearing of a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B's racist father thinks it’s a hoax—but even if it isn’t, the two of them joke, it’s only the Irish, right?
That is, until zombies actually attack the school. B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers. But when they come face-to-face with the ravenous, oozing corpses, all bets are off. There are no friends. No allies. Just whatever it takes to survive.
This is a story destined to become a horror classic.
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Coming January 2013
ZOM-B: UNDERGROUND (Book Two)Waking up in a military complex, months after zombies attacked school, B has no memory of the last few months. Life in the UK has turned tough since the outbreak, and B is woven into life- and battle- in the new military regime quickly. But as B learns more about the zombies held in the complex and the scientists keeping them captive, unease settles in. Why exactly was B saved? And is there anyone left in the world to trust?
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A LIVING NIGHTMARE
In Book 1 of the gruesome Cirque du Freak saga, a young boy named Darren Shan visits a mysterious freak show that will lead him on a journey into the dark world of vampires.
THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT
Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque Du Freak transformed him into a Vampire’s Assistant. Now he tries desperately to resist the one temptation that sickens him…and the only thing that can keep him alive.
TUNNELS OF BLOOD
Life outside the Cirque du Freak isn’t always what it seems. On Darren’s first visit to the city, corpses drained of blood are discovered and he is compelled to confront a foul creature of the night, who may prove to be the end of them all...
VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN
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.
TRIALS OF DEATH
Darren Shan must pass five fearsome trials in order to prove himself to the vampires clan. But in this nightmarish world of bloodshed and betrayal, death may be a blessing...
THE VAMPIRE PRINCE
Darren's initiation on Vampire Mountain draws to a bloody conclusion when, hunted by the vampire clan, he must outwit the Vampire Prince himself. It’s either that, or face certain death.
HUNTERS OF THE DUSK
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.
ALLIES OF THE NIGHT
Darren Shan is obliged to attend 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 everyone…fast!
KILLERS OF THE DAWN
The enemies of the vampires clamor for blood, and a deadly battle is fast approaching. But Darren Shan and his allies are outnumbered, outsmarted and desperate. Framed as public enemy number one, will this be the end for Darren?
THE LAKE OF SOULS
Darren faces monstrous obstacles on his desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will he survive the savage journey? And what awaits him in the murky waters of the dead? Be careful what you fish for...
LORD OF THE SHADOWS
Darren Shan is going home - and his world is going to hell. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night…
SONS OF DESTINY
The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy. But while the loser must face his own death, the winner must face something much, much worse. Is the future written or can Darren trick destiny?
LORD LOSS
When Grubbs Grady opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungry demons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares…and threaten his life.
DEMON THIEF
Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers—and his violent mission to destroy the Demonata.
SLAWTER
As consultants on a demon-themed horror movie, Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-E couldn’t be more thrilled. But life on set soon takes a disturbing turn. Strange incidents disrupt the movie, and Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.
BEC
When demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warrior companions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help. An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will help her solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has a steep price...
BLOOD BEAST
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped his family’s curse. But when he begins to experience alarming symptoms, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about to swallow him whole.
DEMON APOCALYPSE
One boy's life ripped to shreds before his eyes...
One wrathful demon master hell-bent on revenge...
An army of grisly Demonata on the rampage...
It's the end of the world as we know it.
DEATH'S SHADOW
While Beranabus, Grubbs, and Kernel are off exploring the universe, Bec stays behind. But when hordes of demons, werewolves, and zombies advance, Bec must figure out how to reach Beranabus. Fast.
WOLF ISLAND
As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs Grady and his team search desperately for answers. But when they follow up a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe.
DARK CALLING
Voices are calling to Kernel from the darkness and he's powerless to resist. A creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity has him in his grasp. Kernel has already been to hell and back. Now he's about to go further.
HELL'S HEROES
The final installment in the bone-crunching Demonata series. Steel your stomachs and grit your teeth-- the tenth book in the saga will be blood-curdling, bone-rending, and truly terrible. Bec, Kernel, and Grubbs are prepared for the fight of their lives. Are you?
BIRTH OF A KILLER
Before Cirque Du Freak...Before the war with the vampaneze... Before he was a vampire... Larten Crepsley was a boy.As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his job well and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed his cousin as an example to the other children.
In that moment, young Larten flew into a rage that the foreman wouldn't survive. Forced to live on the run, Larten now sleeps in crypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Seba offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant, Larten agrees.
OCEAN OF BLOOD
Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world. Sucking all he can out of humanity, Larten stumbles into a violent, hedonistic lifestyle, where cheats beckon, power corrupts, and enemies are waiting.
PALACE OF THE DAMNED
After failing his mentor and killing the entire crew of a ship in a bout of revenge for the death of his assistant, Larten is bereft with guilt. He no longer has the drive to live the vampiric life, and hides out in Paris, masquerading as a human. There, he finds some happiness, even falling in love with a girl. But the darkness inside him is too great for humanity, and he is forced to make a choice: hide in the shadows of the human world, or take his place among the vampire clan and protect those weaker than himself. But enemies are waiting, traps are laid, and Larten's path is bound to be strewn with bodies.
BROTHERS TO THE DEATH
After years of wandering, Larten has finally found his way back to his vampire family and resumed the vigorous, brutal training to become a General. But there are vampires determined to pull Larten into starting a war that could have global implications and casualties. Vampires who will stop at nothing. Vampires who would betray Larten in the most cutting way.
THE THIN EXECUTIONER
In a kingdom of merciless tyrants, Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. But Rashed Rum is near retirement. And when he goes, there will be a contest to determine his successor. It is a contest that thin, puny Jebel has no chance of winning.
Humiliated and ashamed, Jebel sets out on a quest to the faraway home of a legendary fire god to beg for inhuman powers so that he can become the most lethal of men. He must take with him a slave, named Tel Hesani, to be sacrificed to the god. It will be a dark and brutal journey filled with lynch mobs, suicide cults, terrible monsters, and worse, monstrous men. But to Jebel, the risk is worth it.
To retrieve his honor . . .
To wield unimaginable power . . .
To become . . .
The thin executioner
Inspired by the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, international bestselling master of horror Darren Shan takes readers on a thrilling, fast-paced journey into a nightmarish world where compassion and kindness are the greatest crimes of all.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DARREN SHAN – MASTER OF HORROR
Darren Shan grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and wrote his first book when he was in high school. Although that debut effort was never published, he went on to become a full-time writer. His first books for young readers, Cirque Du Freak, an epic saga about warring vampires, became a New York Times bestselling series, which was made into the movie Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Darren followed up with the gruesome Demonata, also a New York Times bestselling series. His novels have sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
Darren lives in Ireland, where he writes and collects art, comics and film.
You can visit Darren online at DarrenShan.com.
