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. Its 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 tarantula 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 childrens normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and terrifying.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Cirque Du Freak, Saga Of Darren Shan, Spectrum Imprint, The Saga Of Darren Shan .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Darren Shan is the New York Times bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and The Demonata, whose novels have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Darren lives in Ireland, where he writes and collects art, comics, and film.