Book description
Following the massive success of the Demonata series, Darren Shan is
back where it all started - telling the life story of the vampire Larten
Crepsley. Spanning centuries and continents, taking in sea voyages,
murder, war and love, this is the epic, bloodsoaked tale of a vampire
who started out a nobody… and ended up changing the world forever.
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 mysterious vampire Seba Nile while
sheltering for the night in a crypt, Larten finds himself drawn into the
shadowy world of the vampire Clan. As he travels and learns, Larten
finds himself enjoying the adventure he has always dreamed of, seeing a
world beyond any he suspected in his poverty-stricken youth.
But Larten begins to discover something else, too. Much like death,
becoming a vampire is something you can't come back from… “His writing
is slick, his dialogue sharp and clever, his plotting immaculate. His
books ooze with the kind of creepy, dark atmosphere and powerful
characters that young teenage readers lap up. Shan is honing his craft
with every book, and I look forward to the next gore-fest with relish.”
Irish Independent
“Forget Stephen King, this author's the master of scaring children.”
The Big Issue in Scotland
“A tantalising start to the series and a must-read for Darren Shan fans.”
Books Quarterly Darren Shan is the number-one best-selling author of
the series THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN, the DEMONATA and more recently the
SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY and ZOM-B. His books have been read by millions
of people around the world and translated into more than 25 languages.
Darren lives in seclusion in the depths of Ireland. He is a big film
buff, and also loves theatre, comics and books, and collecting art. He
loves dreaming up new ways to terrify his readers, but never drinks
blood. Or so he claims.
