Darren Shan
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Saga of Darren Shan volume 1
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Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
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Saga of Darren Shan volume 9
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Vampire prince Darren Shan, working with old friends to solve the mystery of a series of murders, finds himself pursued by the purple-skinned vampaneze, the police, and an angry mob after he is framed for the killings.
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Saga of Darren Shan volume 8
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Algebra class, two old friends, and a creature with deadly hands test Darren's determination as he travels to Mr. Crepsley's home town to search for the murderous vampaneze.
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Saga of Darren Shan volume 10
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The lives of Darren and Harkat are at risk as they face monstrous obstacles on a desperate quest to the Lake of Souls.
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Saga of Darren Shan volume 2
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After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood.
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Saga of Larten Crepsley volume 1
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"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...
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Darren is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and get tickets. Steve and Darren think that it is all a joke until a vampire named Larten Crepsley comes on stage with a very poisonous spider that he makes do tricks. Steve tells Larten he would like to join him and become an apprentice.