The first book in the Demonata, the demonic symphony in ten parts by multi-million-copy bestselling horror writer Darren Shan... 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.
Demonata Series
This series plunges readers into a dark and brutal world where the lines between good and evil are dangerously blurred. Follow the destinies of young protagonists caught in a war between humans and demons, where every step could be their last. Explore the deep psychological motivations of the characters and their struggle for survival in a supernatural horror filled with action and twists.






Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
A hellish nightmare for only the bravest of readers... Darren Shan's horrifying series, The Demonata, continues with Demon Thief. When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons, he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic, chaos and incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: * learn to use magic, * find his brother, * stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him, and death has been foretold...
- 3
Slawter
- 255 pages
- 9 hours of reading
From the king of children's horror, the third feverishly anticipated title in The Demonata.
- 4
Bec
- 261 pages
- 10 hours of reading
As a baby, Bec fought for her life. As a trainee priestess, she fights to fit in. Then when the demons come, the fight becomes a war. But the final conflict will demand a sacrifice ... to horrific to contemplate.
- 5
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family werewolf 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. Grubbs is torn between the world of magic and his wolfen genes.
- 6
One boy's life is ripped to shreds before his eyes; one wrathful demon master is hellbent on revenge; a rabble of hideous familiars is snapping, chomping, slavering; a host of grisly demonata is looming closer; a putrid trail of blood, mucus, sinew and slime. What the hell is coming next?
- 7
Fresh hell from the Demonata - you can't cheat death...
- 8
As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs and his team search desperately for answers. But when they follow up a new lead, it leads them to an old, unexpected foe - the Lambs. The curse of the Gradys has returned with a vengeance. Werewolves are on the loose - and they're hungry.
- 9
Dark Calling
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Events take an unexpected turn in this ninth awesome foray into the worlds of the Demonata! "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!
- 10
Hell's Heroes
- 244 pages
- 9 hours of reading
The final dramatic conclusion to Darren Shan's international phenomena, The Demonata. Expect the unexpected