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Cirque du Freak Series

This series plunges readers into a dark and captivating world filled with vampires, strange creatures, and perilous secrets. Follow the journey of a young boy whose life takes a dramatic turn after encountering a mysterious circus. Unravel intricate relationships, moral dilemmas, and unexpected twists that challenge the boundaries of humanity and the very nature of evil. Immerse yourself in an epic narrative exploring courage, friendship, and the price of survival.

Super Brividi - 38: Cinque prove mortali
Trials of Death. The Saga of Darren Shan. Book 5
Vampire Mountain. The Saga of Darren Shan. Book 4
Tunnels of Blood
The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque du Freak

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Cirque du Freak

    • 182 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren - a spider freak - 'falls in love' with Madam Octa - an enormous tarantala owned by Mr Crepsley. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong and Darren finds himself having to make a bargain with a creature of the night. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children's normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and... terrifying.

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    4.1

  2. The Vampire's Assistant

    • 176 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    'We're masters of the macabre ... agents of mutations. Lords of the surreal.' THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 2 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 is) and 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 as the youngest half-vampire in existence, but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood - the whole idea sickens him - and he tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is human. Darren comes face to face with pure evil in the form of Mr Tiny, the leader of the Little People who join the Cirque du Freak, and who eat anything - including human flesh. When he discovers animal bones, RV frees the wolf-man from his cage - and no-one could possibly guess how truly terrible the whole effect would be. The Vampire's Assistant follows some of the amazing characters from Cirque du Freak, and also introduces some more who truly blow the imagination.

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    4.0

  3. Tunnels of Blood

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    'Fast paced and compelling, full of satisfying macabre touches - Cirque du Freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also, movingly, the obligations of friendship.' This is what J. K Rowling said about Book 1 of The Saga of Darren Shan. This is Book three in the chilling series by talented young author Darren Shan. When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals, Darren and the snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du Freak and travel with him to the city. Whilst there, Darren meets Debbie and his life as a Vampire's Assistant fades into the background - until corpes are found. Corpses drained of blood... Suspicious of Mr Crepsley's secretive bahaviour, Darren and Evra shadow him across the city and confront a creature of the night who may be the end of them all... Has Darren made a fatal mistake which will cost him the lives of those he cares for? And can he escape the lure of the Tunnels of Blood?

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    4.0

  4. Vampire Mountain. The Saga of Darren Shan. Book 4

    • 176 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    Vampire Mountain - the fourth title in the gut-wrenching saga of Darren Shan - but the first in a new TRILOGY, charting Darren's initiation into the vampire clan. Darren Shan and Mr Crepsley make a long and dangerous trek to the vampire's stronghold in the mountains. The trek is a test of skill and endurance - one which sees Darren's vampire nature develop, and a new understanding of the mysterious blue-robed servants of the sinister Mr Tiny. Gavner Purl makes a welcome return when he joins Darren and Mr Crepsley, but they face more than the cold on their way to the vampire princes - the vampaneze have been there before them... Will Darren's meeting with the Vampire Princes restore is human nature, or turn him further towards the darkness...

    Vampire Mountain. The Saga of Darren Shan. Book 44
    4.0

  6. Super Brividi - 38: Cinque prove mortali

    • 207 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Cinque prove, pochissime probabilità di sopravvivenza. Un rito sanguinario al quale ogni creatura della notte deve sottoporsi, perché solo i migliori restano in vita, o in quello che le somiglia. E il momento è arrivato anche per Darren Shan. I Principi dei Vampiri si sono riuniti per giudicarlo, e non avranno nessuna pietà per lui. Se non riuscirà a superare le prove, solo la morte gli tenderà la mano. E se ancora, dopo aver attraversato indenne il Labirinto Acquatico, evitato le fiamme della Sala del Fuoco e le punte acuminate del Percorso sugli Aghi, non avesse il coraggio di proseguire... la morte potrebbe sembrargli una grazia di fronte alla punizione prevista per i disertori. Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

    Super Brividi - 38: Cinque prove mortali5
    3.8

  7. The vampire prince

    • 160 pages
    • 6 hours of reading

    Following Darren's initiation into the vampire clan. Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, he is branded a traitor and hunted by the clan.

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    4.2

  8. Hunters of the Dusk

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    Darren Shan, Mr Crepsley and Vancha Marsch, are the hunters of the dusk. Their quarry - the Vampaneze Lord. But friends old and new may stand in their way... tHE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 7Darren Shan, Mr Crepsley and Vancha Marsch, are the hunters of the dusk. their quarry - the Vampaneze Lord. But friends old and new may stand in their way... It is six years after Darren was made a Vampire Prince and following a grim prophecy made by Mr tiny, the vampires know the ascension of the Vampaneze Lord is at hand. Mr tiny warns the vampires that there will be only three opportunities for the Vampaneze Lord to be vanquished and only three vampires who may succeed: Vancha Marsch, Larten Crepsley㟡nd Darren Shan. 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 a visit to some old friends at the Cirque Du Freak. But no friend can prevent the bloody trail of bodies - the Vampaneze Lord may be more than a match for the hunters of the dusk.Ages 10+

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    4.5

  9. Cirque du Freak - 7: De schemerjagers / druk 5

    • 191 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    De jacht begint ... Darren Shan, ooit vampiersleerling, is inmiddels uitgeroepen tot Vampiersprins. Hij wordt op pad gestuurd met een levensgevaarlijke opdracht. Darren moet de machtigste vijand van de vampiers verslaan. Maar de Heer der Vampanezen beschikt over een onmetelijke kracht : overal waar hij komt, laat hij een spoor achter van dood en verderf...

    Cirque du Freak - 7: De schemerjagers / druk 57
    4.0

  10. Cirque Du Freak 8. Allies of the Night

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, 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.

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    4.1

  12. Darren Shan

    Steve Leopard hat sich als Halbvampyr und mieser Verräter entpuppt. Darren und seine Gefährten haben schon wieder eine Chance vertan, den Lord der Vampyre zu töten. R.V. hat Debbie entführt, Darren wiederum hat Steve in seiner Gewalt. Was wird Darren nun mit seinem alten Freund anfangen...? Und wird er seine geliebte Debbie retten...?

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    4.5

  13. Killers of the Dawn 9

    • 176 pages
    • 7 hours of reading

    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.

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    4.3

  14. The Lake of Souls

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    The tenth part of the Saga of Darren Shan - one boy's terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. schovat popis

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    4.0

  15. Lord of the Shadows

    One boy's terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. Where he will rule the night and destroy the world.

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    4.0

  16. Sons of Destiny

    As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.

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    4.1

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    • 20 hours of reading

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    Mitternachtszirkus
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    Mitternachtszirkus 2
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