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The Saga of Darren Shan #11

Lord of the Shadows

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Book 11 of The Saga Of Darren Shan. Darren's going home. Back to where everything started. The town's changed a lot in the years that he's been away -- but then, so has Darren.

Plagued by nightmares of what the future seems to hold, Darren feels uneasy revisiting the place where he was re-born as a child of the night, as though the universe (as though destiny) is plotting to throw something very nasty at him on the streets of his old home.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2005
Series
The Saga of Darren Shan

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Format
220 pages, Hardcover
Published
May 1, 2006 by Time Warner Book Group
ISBN
9780316156288
ASIN
0316156280
Language
English
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Librarian's note: Also writes books for adults under the name Darren Dash. And in the past he has released books for adults under the names D.B. Shan and Darren O'Shaughnessy.

Darren Shan (born July 2, 1972 in London, England) is the pen name of the Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy, as well as the name of the protagonist of his book series The Saga of Darren Shan, also known as The Cirque Du Freak Series in the United States. He is the author of the series The Demonata, The Saga of Larten Crepsley, and Zom-B. He has also released the stand-alone novel, The Thin Executioner, and the stand-alone short novels, Koyasan, and Hagurosan. Plus, for adults, he released The City Trilogy (originally under the name of D.B. Shan), and Lady of the Shades..

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nakib23
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April 26,2025
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داستان انقدر طولانی شده که گاهی باید مکث کنم تا بتوانم اتفاقات قبلی را به یاد بیاورم
در این جلد برای اولین بار جمله آخر کتاب را از همان اول حدس زده بودم اما همچنان پرکشش و جذاب است
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heyhoeudoin
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April 26,2025
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Oof, I very rudely did NOT remember that Mr. Tall dies and that was very upsetting and unsadly. I remembered the whole time that Shancus dies so that didn't affect me half as much as it should be, though I remembered Ezra being more rageful.

Now, if memory serves me, onto the best one?
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PonPonPon
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April 26,2025
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Just as good as the first time I read this series back in middle school
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G-Chavez
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April 26,2025
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After his bizarre trip with Harkat into the land of the Lake of Souls, Darren returns to the Cirque du Freak--a place with such history for him--but without his mentor, Mr. Crepsley, he travels around with the circus, headed by Mr. Tiny. When the Cirque arrives in his old hometown, he wishes for reunion with those who think he's dead, but the possibility of leading the vampaneze to his loved ones makes this too risky. But there is one reunion he won't be able to avoid: a clash between him and his childhood friend Steve, who is now Lord of the Vampaneze. Will the half-vampire prince Darren be able to defeat him and save the vampire clan?

The book was a little disjointed, and a little too constructed to build to the final confrontation, but what I did like about it was seeing the dark side of our hero. He's really built up some violence and hate and ability to do some terrible things, which is appropriate considering, well, he's a vampire. There's still the same strange distance between the first-person narration and the connection to the character, though; it made it difficult throughout for me to get into this series.
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April 26,2025
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از مجموعه هایی که در نوجوانی مطالعه کردم!
آخ که چقدر دلم برای دارن دستیار آقای کرپسلی تنگ شد ☺️
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The most intense book in the series yet. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and even when I thought things couldn't get worse, they undoubtedly did. We had a lot of death occur with these pages and our story is climbing and climbing to it's epic conclusion. This author has a knack for throwing kinks in the road that you would never in a million years guess. I was shocked on every page. I have no idea where the last book is going to end up but after this one, I don't know if my heart will be able to take it.
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April 26,2025
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Warning! The summary for this book contains spoilers for those who have not read its prior counterparts. In other words, there are no spoilers for this particular book, just the ones before it. The review itself is, for the most part, spoiler free, however.

About the Book:
Darren returns to his home town, ready for the ultimate showdown with Steve Leonard, the Vampaneze Lord. Meanwhile, Darren is worrying about the prediction Evanna told him. In The Lake of Souls, Darren and Harkat find out that the world they traveled to was actually the Earth's future, created by the Lord of the Shadows. The catch is that the Lord of the Shadows will be one of two people: Steve Leonard or Darren Shan. In other words, if Steve is killed, Darren is the one destined to become the evil tyrant and send the world into chaos.

Review:
This series just keeps getting better and better. I did not want to put it down. It was interesting to see how Darren dealt with coming face to face with his human life and how he dealt with it. Of course, there is also plenty of action between Steve and Darren, along with the lead ups to their encounters.

Darren also runs into Debbie and Alice once more, and they have succeeded in putting together a human army to battle the vampets. Although it is nice to see Debbie doing something useful, I personally still cannot stand her. She just seems to cling to Darren too much.

Overall though I think the most thrilling aspects Shan brought to this piece was all the shocking twists and torments. It was quite shocking to see what sort of murders and violence went on in this book. I can easily think of three major points that occured and left me thinking, "I can't believe that just happened!" Lord of the Shadows was a fabulous read, and I don't think you will be disappointed.
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