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The allies of the night prepare for the final, deadly confrontation. Darren and Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the Vampaneze Lord. Evolution according to Darren Shan: human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. The Saga of Darren Shan book 9: Killers of the Dawn. Outnumbered, outsmarted and desperate, the hunters are on the run. Pursued by the vampaneze, vigilante mobs and the police, Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, is public enemy Number One! With their enemies baying for blood, the vampires prepare for deadly confrontation. Is this the end for Darren and his allies? Half a million copies sold of the Saga -- get your teeth into a bloody good book!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6852 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
Hunters of the Dusk The attention to detail is as great as ever and it will leave fans with the promise of bigger revelations and developments to come. Funday Times Cirque Du Freak 'A compelling book!a plot full of twists which leaves the reader hungry for more.' J.K. Rowling 'One of the 50 Best Children's books of 1999.' The Independent A top notch supernatural thriller told with pace and tension! Leave the lights on! Books Etc Magazine 'Brilliant, macabre tale.' Guardian "I read Cirque Du Freak last week. I loved it. I love the way you manage to juggle the funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. It's great story-telling." Roddy Doyle The Vampire's Assistant 'The Vampire's Assistant blazes a thrilling, gruesome trail through a fascinating plot.' The Good Book Guide Vampire Mountain 'Get your teeth into it!' Funday Times

About the Author
Born in London in 1972, Darren O'Shaughnessy [writing as Darren Shan] moved to Limerick with his parents and younger brother. Returned to London to study Sociology and English then worked for a TV cable company. His first adult novel Ayuamarca has been published by Orion and his writing has been likened to Clive Barker and Iain Banks. He is now a full-time writer of TV scripts and novels

Excerpted from The Saga of Darren Shan - Killers of the Dawn (The Saga of Darren Shan) by Darren Shan. Copyright © 2003. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER ONE

WE SCURRIED through the tunnels, Mr Crepsley leading the way, Vancha and I in the middle with our prisoners, Harkat bringing up the rear. We said as little as possible, and I cuffed Steve into silence whenever he started to speak - I wasn't in the mood to listen to his threats or insults.

I didn't have a watch, but I'd been ticking off the seconds inside my head. About ten minutes or so had passed by my reckoning. We'd moved out of the modern tunnels and were back in the warren of old, damp tunnels. There was still a long way to go - plenty of time for the vampaneze to run us down.

We came to a junction and Mr Crepsley took the left turn. Vancha started to follow him, then stopped. "Larten," he called him back. When Mr Crepsley returned, Vancha crouched low. He was almost invisible in the darkness of the tunnels. "We have to try and shake them off," he said. "If we make straight for the surface, they'll be upon us before we're halfway there."

"But we could lose ourselves if we detour," Mr Crepsley said. "We do not know this area. We might run into a dead end."

"Aye," Vancha sighed, "but it's a chance we'll have to take. I'll act as a decoy and go back the way we came. The rest of you try and find an alternative route out. I'll work my way back to you later, if the luck of the vampires is with me."

We rested a moment, then took the right tunnel and pressed on, Harkat now in charge of the vampet Vancha had kidnapped. We moved quickly but carefully, trying not to leave any signs that we'd passed this way. At the end of the tunnel, we branched off, again to the right. As we entered a fresh stretch of tunnel, Steve coughed loudly. Mr Crepsley was on him in a flash. "Do that again and you die!" he snapped, and I sensed the blade of his knife pressing against Steve's throat.

"It was a real cough - not a signal," Steve snarled in reply.

"It matters not!" Mr Crepsley hissed. "The next time, I will kill you."

Customer Reviews

It should be a sin to miss out on this book
This is by far the best book in the entire Darren Shan series. Anyone who's read it will understand how difficult it is to tell others what it's about without giving too much away. I will say this though - you do find out who the Vampaneze Lord is. Basically, fleeing from the underground tunnels, the Hunters plus Harkat the little person and their two captives (a vampet and Steve Leonard) end up being the hunted. Surely things can't get ANY worse for the hunters...? An absolutely immense ending will leave you shocked and possibly confused.

Remarkable! Depressing...but Remarkable!
By far the best book in the saga, Killers has (quite rightly) caused alot of sadness and anger amoungst readers...not because it was bad--far from it!--but because of the cruelty of the twists in the book. Any one who has read the other eight in the saga shouldn't miss out on this addition; the last in the Hunters trilogy. If you haven't read the other books, however, Cirque Du Freak is a better place to start!
I loved this book; it was better written than the others, tightly plottedn and exciting throughout. Five stars!

KILLERS OF THE DAWN!!
One hell of a book the best ever in fact. To get into this Series of books read from Cirque Du Freak This is the 3rd part of the 3rd trilogy I would recomend all the books in this series (I read 4 out of 9 books in one day).

In this book there are same big twists and turns shame we have to wait till 6th october 03 for book no 10 The Lake of souls...........Still reading you should go to get this Book NOW