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Shan, Darren

Shan, Darren

Author Biography & Works

Darren O'Shaughnessy is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, and Zom-B, published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The former was adapted into a manga series from 2006 to 2009 as well as a live-action film in 2009, with a prequel series, The Saga of Larten Crepsley, being released from 2010 to 2012.

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Books by Shan, Darren

Cirque Du Freak

Cirque Du Freak

(Cirque Du Freak) Start here

From the Master of Horror comes the first gripping book in the twelve book New York Times bestselling Saga of Darren Shan. Start the tale from the beginning in the...

Lord Loss

Lord Loss

(The Demonata) Start here

This is the opening to a 10-book series for young adults, and holy shit is it heavy for something supposedly aimed at young people. It's urban dark fantasy rather than...

Demon Thief

Demon Thief

(The Demonata)

The second novel in this bonechilling series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series is sure to give you goosebumps. Kernel Fleck has...

Slawter

Slawter

(The Demonata)

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 Hayms....

Bec

Bec

(The Demonata)

When a powerful relic goes missing from a secret society that dabbles in the occult, Miss Ianthe Martin must find it. The only sorcerer she knows that can't possibly be...

Blood Beast

Blood Beast

(The Demonata)

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...

Demon Apocalypse

Demon Apocalypse

(The Demonata)

Fire! It's all around me, fierce, intense, out of control. I feel the hair on my arms singe and know I have only seconds before I burst into flames. Total...

Death's Shadow

Death's Shadow

(The Demonata)

Shadow of Death is a murder mystery involving estranged identical twins, Liz Crandall and Piper DeVries. Liz's murder brings Piper to Crandall, North Carolina, where she finds no shortage of...

Wolf Island

Wolf Island

(The Demonata)

When a family of wolves is removed from the food chain on a small island, the impact on the island's ecology is felt by the other animals living there.

Dark Calling

Dark Calling

(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,...

Hell's Heroes

Hell's Heroes

(The Demonata)

Bec, Kernel, and Grubbs gear up for the fight of their lives as the final battle between Earth and the hoardes of the Demonata draws near.

Bec

Bec

(The Demonata)

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...

Death's Shadow

Death's Shadow

(The Demonata)

Introduces unconventional clergyman Sidney Chambers, who teams up with roguish Inspector Harry Keating to investigate a suspicious suicide, a jewelry theft, the unexplained demise of a jazz promoter, and a...

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