The nightmare begins... Vampire Blood trilogy comprising: Cirque Du Freak The Vampire's Assistant & Tunnels of Blood. Join Darren Shan's descent into the darkness. CIRQUE DU FREAK Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. After he sees the amazing performing spider Madam Octa Darren is determined to steal her. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong. The spider bites Steve & Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote. THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT Darren joins the vampire Mr Crepsley as his assistant & they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There Darren makes friends with the snake-boy Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) & a local boy Sam & RV an eco-warrior & animal lover (who do not). Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers as the youngest half-vampire in existence but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood
- the whole idea sickens him
- & he tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is human. TUNNELS OF BLOOD When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals Darren & the snake-boy Evra Von leave the Cirque Du Freak & travel with him to the city. Whilst there Darren meets Debbie & his life as a Vampire's Assistant fades into the background
- until corpes are found. Corpses drained of blood... Suspicious of Mr Crepsley's secretive bahaviour Darren & Evra shadow him across the city & confront a creature of the night who may be the end of them all...


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Become a half-vampire. Explore the night. Feed. Comprising of The Lake of Souls Lord of the Shadows & Sons of Destiny Vampire Destiny is the blood-curdling grand finale of The Saga of Darren Shan. In The Lake of Souls Darren & Harkat go on a quest to the lake of the dead through a world of mystery & terror. In Lord of the Shadows Darren returns home & confronts the demons of his human past. In Sons of Destiny Darren faces archenemy Steve Leopard for a fight to the death. With time running out can Des Tiny be foiled or is the world doomed? ...

You are the Hunter
- destined to fight horror wherever you find it. Tonight you've tracked a vampire to its hiding place in the
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Dark Horse Books & Digital Manga Publishing proudly present the next thrilling volume in the Vampire Hunter D" novel series! D the ageless supernatural vampire hunter takes charge of protecting the survivors of an aircraft that has crash-landed in a deadly zone known as "the Playground." But before D can assist them he must first battle a legion of undead warriors swarming from the fortress of the Sacred Ancestor the oldest vampire in existence!" ...

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class & the Night Class. At twilight when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross & Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Outside the safe boundary of the academy Yuki is attacked by a vampire. Injured & unable to defend herself two Night Class students come to her aid & kill the vampire. When Yuki asks them why they killed their own kind they tell her to come to the Moon Dormitory at midnight to learn the answer... ...

Zero warns Yuki to stay away from Maria Kurenai the new Night Class transfer student although he won't tell Yuki why. Kaname is also wary & he sends Ichijo to watch Maria so she doesn't start trouble. Who is this girl & why does she have the entire Night Class on edge? ...

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class & the Night Class. At twilight when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross & Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school protecting the Day Class from the Academys dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene or will Kaname let Zero take the fall? ...

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class & the Night Class. At twilight when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross & Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school protecting the Day Class from the Academys dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene or will Kaname let Zero take the fall? ...

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class & the Night Class. At twilight when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross & Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! With Kaname missing Yuki must now step in as acting head of her clan to maintain the fragile peace between the human & vampire societies. Will she be able to regain the trust of the vampire aristocrats much less Aido? ...

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class & the Night Class. At twilight when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross & Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school protecting the Day Class from the Academys dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! After trying to recall her past Yukis hallucinations become more vivid & she tries to strangle Zero during a fit of madness. Locked in her room all she can see is a world dyed in blood but Kaname comes for her. He tells her its time to wake up & sinks his fangs into her neck... ...