Darren Shan Books In Order

Saga Of Darren Shan Books In Publication Order

  1. A Living Nightmare (2000)
  2. The Vampire’s Assistant (2000)
  3. Tunnels of Blood (2000)
  4. Vampire Mountain (2001)
  5. Trials of Death (2001)
  6. The Vampire Prince (2002)
  7. Hunters of the Dusk (2002)
  8. Allies of the Night (2002)
  9. Killers of the Dawn (2003)
  10. The Lake of Souls (2003)
  11. Lord of the Shadows (2004)
  12. Sons of Destiny (2004)

The Demonata Books In Publication Order

  1. Lord Loss (2005)
  2. Demon Thief (2005)
  3. Slawter (2006)
  4. Bec (2006)
  5. Blood Beast (2007)
  6. Demon Apocalypse (2007)
  7. Death’s Shadow (2008)
  8. Wolf Island (2008)
  9. Hell’s Heroes (2009)
  10. Dark Calling (2009)

The Demonata Books In Chronological Order

  1. Bec (2006)
  2. Demon Thief (2005)
  3. Lord Loss (2005)
  4. Slawter (2006)
  5. Blood Beast (2007)
  6. Demon Apocalypse (2007)
  7. Death’s Shadow (2008)
  8. Wolf Island (2008)
  9. Dark Calling (2009)
  10. Hell’s Heroes (2009)

City Trilogy Books In Publication Order

  1. Procession of the Dead (1999)
  2. Hell’s Horizon (2009)
  3. City of the Snakes (2010)

The Saga of Larten Crepsley Books In Publication Order

  1. Birth of a Killer (2010)
  2. Ocean of Blood (2011)
  3. Palace of the Damned (2011)
  4. Brothers to the Death (2012)

Zom-B Books In Publication Order

  1. Zom-B (2012)
  2. Zom-B Underground (2013)
  3. Zom-B City (2013)
  4. Zom-B Angels (2013)
  5. Zom-B Baby (2013)
  6. Zom-B Gladiator (2014)
  7. Zom-B Mission (2014)
  8. Zom-B Clans (2014)
  9. Zom-B Circus (2014)
  10. Zom-B Family (2014)
  11. Zom-B Bride (2015)
  12. Zom-B Fugitive (2015)
  13. Zom-B Goddess (2015)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Koyasan (2006)
  2. The Thin Executioner (2010)
  3. Lady of the Shades (2012)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Hagurosan (2013)

Cirque Du Freak: The Manga Graphic Novel Books In Publication Order

  1. A Living Nightmare (2003)
  2. The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)
  3. Tunnels of Blood (2009)
  4. Vampire Mountain (2010)
  5. Trials of Death (2010)
  6. The Vampire Prince (2010)
  7. Hunters of the Dusk (2010)
  8. Allies of the Night (2011)
  9. Killers of the Dawn (2011)
  10. The Lake of Souls (2011)
  11. Lord of the Shadows (2011)
  12. Sons of Destiny (2012)

Archibald Lox Books In Publication Order

  1. Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds (2020)
  2. Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan (2020)
  3. Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment (2020)
  4. Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt (2021)
  5. Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell (2021)
  6. Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate (2021)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Kids’ Night In (2005)
  2. Midnight Feast (2007)

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Darren Shan Books Overview

A Living Nightmare

Darren Shan and his two schoolmates are excited when their friend Steve comes across a flyer advertising the Cirque Du Freak. The boys pool their money but can only purchase two tickets, so they play a game of chance to see who will go with Steve. Darren closes his eyes, and almost as if by magic, the ticket floats into his hand. Darren and Steve are mesmerized by the fantastic and disturbing show, but when they get caught up in a deadly trap Darren must make a deal with the only person who can save him. And that person is not human and only deals in blood…
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The Vampire’s Assistant

The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan’s international best selling vampire saga, with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai. Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque du Freak. There, Darren makes friends with the snake boy, Evra Von who knows what Darren has become. He also meets a local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco warrior and animal lover who do not. Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers and starts coming to terms with his half vampire existence. But he defiantly refuses to drink human blood and tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is still human. Then disaster strikes, and Darren has to make a terrible choice! The stunning illustrations and manga format give a new dimension to this ever popular vampire saga, available for the first time in translation in the UK. This will be a must have for Shan fans and manga aficionados alike.

Tunnels of Blood

Darren Shan, 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 drained of blood, Darren and Evra are compelled to confront a foul creature of the night who may prove to be the end of them all.

Vampire Mountain

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.

Trials of Death

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 vampire clan or else 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…
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The Vampire Prince

Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan Darren Shan, the Vampire’s Assistant, faces certain death. Can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince, or is this the end of thousands of years of vampire rule? Darren’s initiation on Vampire Mountain draws to a stunning, bloody conclusion but the Saga continues…

Hunters of the Dusk

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.

Allies of the Night

The quest for the Vampaneze Lord continues for the hunters of the dusk. Darren gets an unwelcome taste of reality when he is forced to go back to school and his past catches up with him. THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 8 Maturing at one fifth the rate of a normal human, Darren has the looks of a fifteen year old, even though he is very much older. Vampire Prince and vampaneze killer he may be, but someone has shopped him to the authorities and it’s time for Darren to go back to school. But school is not the only thing Darren has to come to terms with: faces from the past, the death of a clan member, a clash with a vampire hunter and blood thirsty vampaneze mean Darren’s past is catching up with him fast. It’s time for the Allies of the Night to join forces. The hunt is on!

Killers of the Dawn

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 Vampaneze Lord. Evolution according to Darren Shan: human to half vampire to Vampire Prince. The Saga of Darren Shan book 9: Killers of the Dawn. Outnumbered, outsmarted and desperate, the hunters are on the run. Pursued by the vampaneze, vigilante mobs and the police, Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, is public enemy Number One! With their enemies baying for blood, the vampires prepare for deadly confrontation. Is this the end for Darren and his allies? Half a million copies sold of the Saga get your teeth into a bloody good book!

The Lake of Souls

The tenth part of the Saga of Darren Shan one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half vampire to Vampire Prince. The Saga of Darren Shan book 10: The Lake of Souls. If you step through after Harkat, you might never come back. Is your friend worth such an enormous risk? A terrifying new world, a deadly new challenge for Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince. Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to The Lake of Souls. Will they survive their savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead? Be careful what you fish for! Over half a million copies sold of the Saga.

Lord of the Shadows

‘All must fall to the Lord of the Shadows,’ Steve said softly. ‘This is my world now, Darren.’

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

Time seemed to collapse…
There was a sharp stabbing sensation in my stomach…
Steve crowed, ‘Now I have you! Now you’re gonna die!’

Dead if he loses damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face 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?

Lord Loss

From the international multi million selling author DARREN SHAN comes a new character, a new scenario, a new set of horrors. Lord Loss will be devoured by avid Shansters and tingle the spines of many new fans. ‘The door feels red hot, as though a fire is burning behind it. I press an ear to the wood but there’s no crackle. No smoke. Just deep, heavy breathing! and a curious dripping sound. My hand’s on the door knob. Inside the room, somebody giggles low, throaty, sad*istic. There’s a ripping sound, followed by snaps and crunches. My hand turns. The door opens. Hell is revealed.’ When Grubbs Grady first encounters Lord Loss and his evil minions, he learns three things: the world is vicious, magic is possible, demons are real. He thinks that he will never again witness such a terrible night of death and darkness. !He is wrong.

Demon Thief

Kernel Fleck has always known he’s weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi colored patches of light swirling through the air. But it’s not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers. As a Disciple, his mission is to hunt the viciously powerful Demonata, to the death…

Slawter

Lights. Camera. Slawter! Grubbs Grady and his half brother Bill E are thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants for the newest movie by cult horror producer David A Haym. Shot in a deserted town renamed Slawter, the demon themed movie is to be Haym’s masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set, Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.

Bec

The fourth novel in this bonechilling series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will keep readers turning page after horrifying page.

As 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

‘Locked inside Dervish’s study. Breath coming quickly, raggedly. Trembling wildly. I still feel sick and dizzy, but maybe that’s fear. I force myself to breathe normally, evenly. When I’m in control, I study my reflection, looking for telltale signs. Am I turning into a werewolf? I don’t know…


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 that the jaws of fate are opening and about to swallow him whole.

He has cheated death, defeated demons, moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world of magic and his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or will he fall victim to his tainted blood?

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.

The sixth novel in the chilling Demonata series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will terrify readers long after the last page.

Death’s Shadow

I’m a human sponge I soak up memories. I feel like a thief, stealing secrets with an innocent touch. I don’t like this gift. It’s intrusive and sneaky. I think it’s harmless, but I can’t be sure. If knowledge is power, why do I feel so alone…
?The apocalypse came and the world burned. But it wasn’t the end, and out of the destruction, new life has emerged. Bec is back to face the Demonata. After centuries of imprisonment, she’s more powerful than ever, but the demons no longer stand alone. Something else has crawled out of the darkness with her. Lord Loss is no longer humanity’s greatest threat…
The seventh novel in the chilling Demonata series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will terrify readers long after the last page.

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 the Lambs.

‘We spot the werewolves as we skim the treetops. Mutated, vicious, hairy monstrosities, all fangs, claws and muscles. The beast within me tries to force its way to the surface, howling silently at its warped brethren. I’ve never rid myself of the wolf…

Hell’s Heroes

Beranabus and Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against his will. Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end. The tenth and final novel in the chilling Demonata series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will bring everything to a terrifying, cataclysmic conclusion.

Dark Calling

I know it’s ridiculous. Lights can’t whisper. But I swear I heard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with, but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over. Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently.

‘Come…

The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the grip of a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voices are calling to him from the darkness and he’s powerless to resist.

Kernel has already been to hell and back. Now he’s about to go further…

The horrifying adventures continue with the ninth book in the gory and chilling Demonata series.

Procession of the Dead

Darren Shan, New York Times bestselling author of the Cirque du Freak and Demonata series, makes his adult fiction debut with this first book in a dark and twisted new series, The City. Procession of the DeadWhat had I done before coming to the City? I couldn’t remember. It sounded crazy but my past was a blank. I could recall every step since alighting from the train, but not a single one before. Young, quick witted, and cocksure, Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark in a world of sweet, sinister sin. He finds the City is a place of exotic dangers: a legendary assassin with snakes tattooed on his face who moves like smoke, blind Incan priests whom no one seems to see, a kingpin who plays with puppets, and friends who mysteriously disappear as though they never existed. Then Capac crosses paths with The Cardinal, and his life changes forever. The Cardinal is the City, and the City is The Cardinal. They are joined at the soul. Nothing moves on the streets, or below them, without The Cardinal’s knowledge. His rule is absolute. When Capac discovers how deeply The Cardinal has influenced his life, he is faced with hard choices that conflict with his soaring ambition. To find his way, Capac must know himself and what he is capable of. But how can you trust yourself when you can’t remember your past?

Hell’s Horizon

In the City, The Cardinal rules, and Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is pulled from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder, an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction, where his loyalties and beliefs will be severely tested. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead, the City’s Incan forefathers, the imposing figure of The Cardinal, and the near mythical assassin Paucar Wami. Wami is a law unto himself, a shadowy, enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. And Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined…

City of the Snakes

For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City. Created by the first Cardinal to continue his legacy, Capac cannot be killed. Then Capac disappears. His trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, suspects the mysterious villacs, ancient and powerful Incan priests. To Ford, only one man has the cunning to outwit such adversaries Al Jeery, who has taken the guise of his father, the terrifying assassin Paucar Wami. Al has no love for Capac and no wish to tangle with the villacs. Until Ford promises him the one thing he truly craves retribution against the man who killed those he loved most and destroyed his life. Lured into the twisted, nightmarish world of the Incan priests, Al will learn more about the City than he ever imagined, and be offered more power than he ever desired. But in the City, everything comes at a cost…

Birth of a Killer

The highly anticipated prequel to the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series!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 brother as an example to the other children. In that moment, young Larten flies into a rage that the foreman wouldn’t survive. Forced on the run, he 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 takes it. This is his story.

Ocean of Blood

Before Larten Crepsley was a vampire general…
Before he was Darren Shan’s master…
Before the War of Scars…
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. This is his story.

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 ExecutionerInspired by theAdventures 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.

A Living Nightmare

The world of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak brought to life as you’ve never seen it before! Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque du Freak. Now Darren’s been immersed into a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and strange creatures the likes of which he’s never imagined, and his life will be changed forever!

The Vampire’s Assistant

Darren Shan’s days as an ordinary schoolboy are over, and his life as The Vampire’s Assistant has begun! With his mentor, Larten Crepsley, Darren joins the Cirque du Freak and slowly begins settling into his new role there, an adjustment made simpler when he makes a couple of new friends among the Cirque’s performers. But life as a half vampire can never be easy or ordinary as Darren learns only too well when tragedy strikes!

Tunnels of Blood

The best selling novel series comes to life in this manga retelling of Darren Shan’s grisly adventures as a teenage vampire!Half vampire Darren Shan is settling into his day to day life at Cirque Du Freak, the traveling freak show he has joined. But before he can get too cozy, his vampire master, Mr. Crepsley, whisks him off to the big city for a mysterious mission. Soon, Crepsley, Darren, and Evra the snake boy are embroiled in a bloody battle of wits between the vampire community and a mad, ‘vampaneze,’ a creature from a separate, more murderous race of vampires. Along the way, Darren meets his first girlfriend, and winds up putting her life, as well as everyone else’s, in grave danger.

Vampire Mountain

In The Vampire’s Assistant, Darren returns to the old fashioned freak show where, thanks to Mr. Crespley, he became a ‘half vampire.’ Darren once again struggles against the urge to feed upon the human blood his health requires.

Darren Shan was born in London but at an early age he moved to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents and younger brother. He grew up watching old Dracula horror movies and reading spooky comics, which were the inspirations for this series.

Trials of Death

In The Vampire’s Assistant, Darren returns to the old fashioned freak show where, thanks to Mr. Crespley, he became a ‘half vampire.’ Darren once again struggles against the urge to feed upon the human blood his health requires. Darren Shan was born in London but at an early age he moved to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents and younger brother. He grew up watching old Dracula horror movies and reading spooky comics, which were the inspirations for this series.

Hunters of the Dusk

Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: ‘…
If you have face the Vampaneze Lord four times and fail to kill him, only one of you will live to witness the fall of the vampire clan.’

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…

Kids’ Night In

An anthology of childrens’ stories, poems and features, with all royalties going to the charity ‘War Child’. All the material has been commissioned for the collection from writers such as: Philip Ardagh; Ros Asquith; Malorie Blackman; Melvin Burgess; Georgia Byng; Eoin Colfer; Gillian Cross; Rachel Cohn; Marianne Curley; Annie Dalton; Nicola Davies; Grace Dent; Vivian French; Jamila Gavin; Tony Hart; Eva Ibbotson; Brian Jacques; Robin Jarvis; Dick King Smith; Geraldine McCaughrean; Roger McGough; Michael Morpurgo; Beverley Naidoo; Brian Patten; Celia Rees; Chris Riddell; Tony Ross; Nick Sharratt; Darren Shan; Jeremy Strong; Jacqueline Wilson; and Deborah Wright. There are also ‘commercial breaks’ from celebrity adults and jokes from celebrity kids.

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