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The Saga of Darren Shan #6

The Vampire Prince

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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 the vampire clan. Reissue.

197 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1,2002
Series
The Saga of Darren Shan

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197 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published
January 1, 2005 by Little Brown \u0026 Co
ISBN
9780316000970
ASIN
0316000973
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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keepinup
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April 26,2025
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نیمه ی اول کتاب تصویر سازی خیلی خوبی داشت
و نیمه ی دوم کتاب پر از هیجان و اتفاقات غیر قابل پیشبینی بود.
حتی بازجویی آخر کتاب من رو به فکر فروبرد،
درمورد خوبی ها و بدی هایی که قابل تفکیک نیست
و تصمیم های اجتناب ناپذیر!
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akemoto
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April 26,2025
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Just when I thunk this series can't get any better, it does just that! And Ralph Lister does an amazing job bringing the story to life! So great!
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FlazeReloaded
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April 26,2025
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About the Book:
At the end of Trials of Death, Darren was left zooming down a raging stream to almost certain death. Obviously, he survives. Now he must return to Vampire Mountain again, where he has a sentence to be driven upon a pit of stakes, but he must face them anyway so that he can reveal to them that there is a traitor in their midst who is about to let a good chunk of vampaneze take over.

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Wow! Just wow! I seriously could not put this book down and ended up finishing it in four hours. Now that the ball is rolling, Shan has me hooked. Even though I knew Darren was going to survive, I kept turning the page to see how. Plus, Darren still needs to get into Vampire Mountain and tell the Princes what is going on before he is killed. It was a thrilling suspense throughout. Shan also manages to keep up the surprises. I know I was in complete shock at the ending.

I also think Shan did an excellent job at portraying how someone can do a bad thing but still be a good person. The way he puts it out there has many of the vampires (and the reader) wondering whether the traitor is really a hero or a villain. Shan also portrayed killing quite well. I noticed that in a lot of youth and teen books I read, I feel like the protagonist is simply sparing the bad guy's life (or feeling guilty about killing him/her) simply because he/she is the good guy and that is what the good guy is supposed to do/feel. In this story however, I felt that Darren came across this on his own through his trying and emotional journey. It was believable to me that Darren felt guilty about killing a vampaneze and not just because he is the acclaimed good guy.
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YoshJW
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April 26,2025
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Wenn ich mit Darren Shan mittlerweile eines verbinde, dann herrliche Vampir-Fantasy weit ab vom Mainstream. Nachdem kolossalen Ende des Vorgängers, war ich gespannt in welches Abenteuer ich stürzen würde und war besonders interessiert, wie es mit Darren Shan weiter gehen sollte.


Die Antwort kam schnell und schmerzhaft, da Darren nun die Flucht antrat und den wohl gefährlichsten Weg dafür nutzte, den Fluss. Dabei half es ihm zwar das er ein Vampir war, aber eben nur minimal. Der Autor verschonte Darren dabei kein bisschen, weswegen seine Reise durch das Fluss-Labyrinth schon beim Lesen einfach nur weh tat. Auch die Beschreibungen zum Fluss selbst waren unglaublich detailliert und schafften eine unglaublich düstere Umgebung zu erschaffen.

Der weitere Verlauf des Buches war wie eigentlich in jedem Band der Reihe, eine große Überraschung. Dies ist allgemein eine große Stärke der Reihe, welche durch den leichten Schreibstil und die unglaubliche Fantasie des Autors nur noch komplimentiert werden. Deswegen war auch diesmal kein einfaches das Buch aus der Hand legen möglich. Die Neugier auf die nächste Seite war einfach größer.


Wer dazu die Vorgänger gelesen hat, wird natürlich auch wieder ganz viel Freude an der Welt der Vampire finden. Hatte ich bis dahin den Eindruck viel über sie zu wissen, legte dieser Band noch einmal eine ganze Schippe nach. Dabei war zwar wieder das Ende als Cliff-Hanger das absolute Highlight, wusste mich als Leser aber sehr gut bis dahinzuführen und natürlich zu unterhalten.



Dafür sorgte natürlich wieder das Geschick des Autors, genau die richtigen Details anzusprechen. Mit gerade einmal 216 Seiten schaffte er es auch diesmal wieder eine komplexe Geschichte zu erzählen, welche der Vorstellungskraft förmlich in die Hände spielte. Egal ob der Fluss oder andere Stationen im Buch, Darren Shans Erlebnisse und seine Umgebung erzeugten bei mir wie von allein ein Kopfkino. Kein Wunder also, das ich mich bereits auf den Nachfolger freue.


Auch wenn dies alles sehr allgemein gehalten klingt, kann ich behaupten mittlerweile ein richtiger Fan geworden zu sein. Darren Shan und seine Abenteuer waren für mich bisher immer ein wahres Highlight, zumal sie die Welt der Vampire einfach mal auf den Kopf stellten. Dieser Band bewies z.B. auch diesmal wieder das 08/15 eindeutig nichts in dieser Buchreihe zu suchen haben. Dafür gibt es um so mehr Gefahren, Abenteuer und neben Emotionen, auch echte Freundschaften.
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Curiqus
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April 26,2025
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I am- BAFFLED. omg

This book was amazing & I am excited to read the next six books In the series! (There is 12 altogether)

Darren Shan is such a love-able character that I can’t even stop from lowkey wanting to marry him-

But that aside, Crepsley was amazing in this book as well, and it’s nice seeing how Harkat reacts to everything & how sweet he is in this novel.

I highly recommend this one as well.
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Verthelion
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April 26,2025
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At last a book in this series with a conclusion!!!

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I have to say this installment was 200+ pages of really great reading. I blew through it in no time at all. I really like Darren, his character is well written and I find myself very much relating to him. To be honest, I find myself reading the series primarily to see where things are going to go with this main character. This time the author did not disappoint.

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I think I would have rather read one book with 600 pages than this and the last two 200 page books in this series with cliffhangers but I don't control that. I think the 600 page book would have been a easy 5 star read. But oh well.

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So far, I think it's a great series for tweens and young teens. It's a quick easy read. They are entertaining. But the plot isn't complex enough to hold the interest of someone looking for something with some meat to it.

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To read my review of the other books in this series, use the links below:

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t Book Two: The Vampire's Assistant
t Book Three: Tunnels of Blood
t Book Four: Vampire Mountain
t Book Five: Trials of Death
t Book Seven: Hunters of the Dusk
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April 26,2025
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9.29 on CAWPILE
These really do get better and better as they go
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HACKERBORG57
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April 26,2025
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This book is about a boy named Darren Shan. In the last book Darren fell into a river when he was betrayed by his friend Kurda Smahlt who was in league with the vampeneze "the vampires arch enemy" and kurda was planning an attack on the vampires .
When he fell into the river he was carried down the river and washed up on the bank. When he tried to get up to go back to vampire mountain, he realized he was too weak from getting tossed around in the river and it was snowing outside. He saw two dark figures coming out of the woods, it was his wolf friends. They carried him back to their camp where he rested a few days until he was stronger. When he regained strength he made the trek back to vampire mountain where Kurda Smahlt was about to become a prince but Darren stopped the ceremony and told everyone what happened. When the other princes found out they sentenced him to death. After Kurda died some of the vampires went searching for the vampeneze.
After they found them all the vampires planned a surprise attack on the vampeneze. The vamires won the battle but lost a vampire general, Arra Sails, but Darren who failed the trails of inatation in the last book still had to be sentenced to death. The only vampires that wouldn't have to die if they failed the trails were princes so they made Darren a prince.
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