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Cirque Du Freak
Series: The Saga of Darren Shan
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A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon! Darren is just your average schoolboy – or was, at least – until he and his friend Steve buy tickets to the outlawed, magical and macabre Cirque Du Freak. Packed with wonderfully grotesque characters –...
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A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon!
Darren is just your average schoolboy – or was, at least – until he and his friend Steve buy tickets to the outlawed, magical and macabre Cirque Du Freak. Packed with wonderfully grotesque characters – including a snake-boy, a wolf-man and, most exciting of all, an enormous performing spider – the boys are enchanted, fascinated and yet terrified by the show.
Darren, a total spider freak, decides to steal and train Madam Octa – an enormous tarantula owned by Mr Crepsley, so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong, and soon Darren is caught up in a web of terror from which he cannot escape – and finds himself forced to make a terrible bargain with a creature of the night…
Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and terrifying, Cirque Du Freak has been thrilling readers for twenty five years, and is now available in this stunning anniversary edition.
Series: The Saga of Darren Shan
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Cirque Du Freak
A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon! Darren is just your average schoolboy – or was, at least – until he and his friend Steve buy tickets to the outlawed, magical and macabre Cirque Du Freak. Packed with wonderfully grotesque characters – including a snake-boy, a wolf-man and, most exciting of all, an enormous performing spider...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Vampire Prince
Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, must clear his name and avenge the death of Gavner Purl. Can a half-vampire outwit a Vampire Prince? The Vampire Prince is the sixth book in the Saga of Darren Shan. Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire’s assistant, Darren Shan finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by...PaperbackSold Out -
Trials of Death
Trials of Death is the fifth title in the compelling and chilling saga of Darren Shan, marking the second part in a new trilogy following Darren's initiation into the vampire clan. In Trials of Death, compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008660659
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Edition: 25th anniversary edition
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Darren Shan is the author of the monsterific ten book series known as ‘The Demonata’ and the twelve book vampire series 'The Saga of Darren Shan'. His adventures have been read by millions of people around the world in several different languages, yet much of his life remains shrouded in mystery. He lives in seclusion in the depths of Ireland. And he never drinks blood. Or so he claims.
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Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 1
Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque Du Freak. Now Darren is immersed in a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and strange creatures the likes of which he has never imagined, and his life will never be the same! Discover the manga adaptation of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak, here...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Trials Of Death
The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Trials Of Death sees Darren Shan facing the challenge of passing five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampire clan – or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats. Sinister, potent forces are gathering in the darkness....Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 2
Now half-vampire, Darren Shan is ready to enjoy some downtime as he accompanies Mr. Crepsley on a trip away from Cirque Du Freak. However, his pleasant holiday turns gruesome as peculiar murders plague the city... The manga adaptation of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak continues in this oversize, deluxe omnibus edition!Paperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Tunnels of Blood
Book 3 in a compelling series about a boy who visits a mysterious freak show that leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Darren Shan, the Vampire's Assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses, drained of blood, are discovered, Darren and Evra...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 3
Half-vampire Darren Shan has agreed to undergo the Trials of Initiation in order to restore Mr. Crepsley's honour, but the consequences of failure are higher than he first thought! With his life at stake, Darren's counting on help from his reliable friends and a little bit of luck as he faces his toughest challenge yet. The manga adaptation of internationally...Paperback$5299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
The Vampire's Assistant
In the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot, the nightmare continues for the new vampire's assistant in the popular Saga of Darren Shan. Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque Du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a Vampire's Assistant, he tries...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Vampire Mountain
In this fourth book in the bestselling Saga of Darren Shan, Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain — the vampaneze have been there before them. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Vampire Prince
Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, must clear his name and avenge the death of Gavner Purl. Can a half-vampire outwit a Vampire Prince? The Vampire Prince is the sixth book in the Saga of Darren Shan. Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire’s assistant, Darren Shan finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by...PaperbackSold Out -
Trials of Death
Trials of Death is the fifth title in the compelling and chilling saga of Darren Shan, marking the second part in a new trilogy following Darren's initiation into the vampire clan. In Trials of Death, compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series...PaperbackSold Out
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