Darren Shan

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  • Bibliography:
    70 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2001
  • Latest Book:
    July 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Archibald Lox

1 - Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds (Mar-2020)
2 - Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan (Mar-2020)
3 - Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment (Mar-2020)
4 - Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt (Jul-2021)
5 - Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell (Aug-2021)
6 - Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate (Sep-2021)
7 - Archibald Lox and the Sinkhole to Hell (Jun-2022)
8 - Archibald Lox and the Pick of Loxes (Jun-2022)
9 - Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost (Jul-2022)

Cirque Du Freak

1 - A Living Nightmare (Apr-2001)
2 - The Vampire's Assistant (Sep-2001)
3 - Tunnels of Blood (Apr-2002)
4 - Vampire Mountain (Sep-2002)
5 - Trials of Death (May-2003)
6 - The Vampire Prince (Sep-2003)
7 - Hunters of the Dusk (May-2004)
8 - Allies of the Night (Sep-2004)
9 - Killers of the Dawn (May-2005)
10 - The Lake of Souls (Sep-2005)
11 - Lord of the Shadows (May-2006)
12 - Sons of Destiny (Sep-2006)

The City Trilogy

1 - Procession of the Dead (Jun-2010)
2 - Hell's Horizon (Jan-2011)
3 - City of the Snakes (Jun-2011)

The Demonata

1 - Lord Loss (Oct-2005)
2 - Demon Thief (Jun-2006)
3 - Slawter (Nov-2006)
4 - Bec (May-2007)
5 - Blood Beast (Nov-2007)
6 - Demon Apocalypse (Oct-2007)
7 - Death's Shadow (Nov-2008)
8 - Wolf Island (May-2009)
9 - Dark Calling (Oct-2009)
10 - Hell's Heroes (May-2010)

The Saga of Larten Crepsley

1 - Birth of a Killer (Oct-2010)
2 - Ocean of Blood (May-2011)
3 - Palace of the Damned (Oct-2011)
4 - Brothers to the Death (May-2012)

Zom-B

1 - Zom-B (Oct-2012)
2 - Zom-B Underground (Jan-2013)
3 - Zom-B City (Apr-2013)
4 - Zom-B Angels (Jul-2013)
5 - Zom-B Baby (Oct-2013)
6 - Zom-B Gladiator (Jan-2014)
7 - Zom-B Mission (Apr-2014)
8 - Zom-B Clans (Jul-2014)
9 - Zom-B Circus (Oct-2014)
10 - Zom-B Bride (Feb-2015)
11 - Zom-B Fugitive (Sep-2015)
12 - Zom-B Goddess (Mar-2016)

Book List in Order: 70 titles

  • A Living Nightmare

    Cirque Du Freak - 1

    THIS IS A TRUE STORY. I don't expect you to believe me -- I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't lived it -- but it is. Everything I describe in this book happened, just as I tell it. The thing about real life is, when you do something stupi...

  • The Vampire's Assistant

    Cirque Du Freak - 2

    The Vampire's Assistant is the compelling sequel to the frightening and horrifically imaginative Cirque Du Freak. Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until he visited a mysterious freak show that led him on a journey into the dark world of vam...

  • Tunnels of Blood

    Cirque Du Freak - 3

    Tunnels of Blood is the compelling sequel to the horrifically imaginative and bestselling Cirque Du Freak and The Vampire's Assistant. Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to a mysterious freak show led him on a journey into the...

  • Vampire Mountain

    Cirque Du Freak - 4

    Vampire Mountain is the fourth book in the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series. Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the heart of the vampire world. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him...

  • Trials of Death

    Cirque Du Freak - 5

    Trials of Death is the fifth book in the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series. Darren, the vampire's assistant, must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampire clan -- or face the stakes in the Hall of Death. Author Darren Shan's vivid...

  • The Vampire Prince

    Cirque Du Freak - 6

    Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan -- Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, faces certain death. Can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince, or is this the end of thousands of years of vampire rule? Darre...

  • Hunters of the Dusk

    Cirque Du Freak - 7

    Hunters of the Dusk is the seventh book in the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series. As part of an elite force, Darren searches the world in a life or death mission to find the Vampaneze Lord. Author Darren Shan's vivid detail and original voice will c...

  • Allies of the Night

    Cirque Du Freak - 8

    Allies of the Night is the eighth book in the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series. Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and vampaneze killer, faces his worst nightmare yet -- school! But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is...

  • Killers of the Dawn

    Cirque Du Freak - 9

    NOWHERE TO RUN 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 vampire...



  • The Lake of Souls

    Cirque Du Freak - 10

    Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead? Be careful what you fish for......

  • Lord Loss

    The Demonata - 1

    The door feels red hot, as though a fire is burning behind I press an ear to the wood -- but there's no crackle.. No smoke. Just deep, heavy breathing . . . and a curious dripping sound. My hand's on the doorknob. Inside the room, somebody giggles --...

  • Lord of the Shadows

    Cirque Du Freak - 11

    Darren Shan is going home -- to old ghosts and new nightmares. Enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night. . . . Author Darren Shan's vivid detail and origina...

  • Demon Thief

    The Demonata - 2

    The voice says something crazy to me. I want to argue, roar at it. But, as scared and confused as I am, I can't disobey. I find my legs tensing. I know, with sick certainty, what's going to happen next. I open my mouth to scream, but before I can, a ...

  • Sons of Destiny

    Cirque Du Freak - 12

    Time seemed to collapse... There was a sharp stabbing sensation in my stomach... Steve crowed, "Now I have you! Now you're gonna die!" Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, Steve Leopard...

  • Slawter

    The Demonata - 3

    That's when the demon bursts out of the manhole and grabs him. It happens in a blur, and is so fast, so violent, so shocking, that several people in the crowd cry out with alarm. The demon is green, slimy, with fierce yellow eyes, four long arms with...

  • Bec

    The Demonata - 4

    Banba never believed I could remember my birth. She said it was impossible, even for a powerful priestess or druid. She thought I was imagining it. But I wasn't. I remember it perfectly, like everything in my life. Coming into this world roughly, i...

  • Demon Apocalypse

    The Demonata - 6

    One boy's life ripped to shreds before his eyes... One wrathful demon master hell-bent on revenge... An army of grisly Demonata on the rampage... It's the end of the world as we know it....

  • Blood Beast

    The Demonata - 5

    "Locked inside Dervish's study. Breath coming quickly, raggedly. Trembling wildly. I still feel sick and dizzy, but maybe that's fear. I force myself to breathe normally, evenly. When I'm in control, I study my reflection, looking for telltale signs....

  • Death's Shadow

    The Demonata - 7

    As the once-human beasts advance, I try draining magic from the air but there's virtually nothing to tap into. In my own time, these creatures would have been simple to deal with. Here, it's going to be difficult. The lead werewolf snaps at the femal...



  • Wolf Island

    The Demonata - 8

    As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs Grady and his team search desperately for answers. But when they follow up a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe - the Lambs. "We spot the werewolves as we skim the treetops. ...

  • Dark Calling

    The Demonata - 9

    I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear I heard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with, but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over. Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently. "Come..." ...

  • The Vampire's Assistant and Other Tales from the Cirque Du Freak

  • Hell's Heroes

    The Demonata - 10

    Beranabus and Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against his will. Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is...

  • Procession of the Dead

    The City Trilogy - 1

    What had I done before coming to the city? I couldn't remember. It sounded crazy but my past was a blank. I could recall every step since alighting from the train, but not a single one before. Young, quick-witted and cocksure, Capac Raimi arrives ...

  • The Thin Executioner

    In a kingdom of merciless tyrants, Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. But Rashed Rum is near retirement. And when he goes, there will be a contest to determine his successor. It is a contest that thin, pun...

  • Birth of a Killer

    The Saga of Larten Crepsley - 1

    The highly anticipated prequel to the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series Before Cirque Du Freak... Before the war with the vampaneze... Before he was a vampire. Larten Crepsley was a boy. As a child laborer many centuries ...

  • Hell's Horizon

    The City Trilogy - 2

    In the City, The Cardinal rules, and Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is pulled from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder, an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction, where his loyalties and belie...

  • Ocean of Blood

    The Saga of Larten Crepsley - 2

    Before Larten Crepsley was a vampire general... Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars... Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Takin...

  • City of the Snakes

    The City Trilogy - 3

    For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City. Created by the first Cardinal to continue his legacy, Capac cannot be killed. Then Capac disappears. His trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, suspects the mysterious villacs, ancient and powerful Incan prie...



  • Palace of the Damned

    The Saga of Larten Crepsley - 3

    Before Madame Octa... Before the Cirque... Before Darren Shan... Larten Crepsley was a young man. After failing his mentor and killing the entire crew of a ship in a bout of revenge for the death of his assistant, Larten is bereft with gu...

  • Brothers to the Death

    The Saga of Larten Crepsley - 4

    After years of wandering, Larten has finally found his way back to his vampire family and resumed the vigorous, brutal training to become a General. But there are vampires determined to pull Larten into starting a war that could have global implicati...

  • Darren Shan: First Bites

    Horror fans, it's time to feast on three FULL novels from Darren Shan! The New York Times bestselling author invites you to devour the first books in each of his best-loved series. Craving something creepy? Explore the Cirque Du Freak, an underworld ...

  • Zom-B

    Zom-B - 1

    A BOY STAGGERS INTO THE GYM He's bleeding. Terrified. Moaning. He falls and I see that a chunk has been cutbitten-out of the back of his neck. Blood spurts from the wound. As we gape, more kids spill into the gym. All screaming. Some bleeding Everyo...

  • Zom-B Underground

    Zom-B - 2

    Waking up in a military complex, months after zombies attacked school, B has no memory of the last few months. Life in the UK has turned tough since the outbreak, and B is woven into life- and battle- in the new military regime quickly. But as B lear...

  • Zom-B City

    Zom-B - 3

    After escaping a secret military complex amid the zombie apocalypse, B roams the streets of a very changed London, dirty and dangerous and eerily quiet, except for the shuffling of the undead. Once again, B must find a way to survive against brain-ea...

  • Hagurosan

  • Zom-B Angels

    Zom-B - 4

    After spending the last few months wandering around London--a city filled with the dead--B Smith has given up hope for any sign of normal human existence. But then B finds strange signs all over the city--a "Z" plus red arrows. Following them, B find...

  • Zom-B Baby

    Zom-B - 5

    B has spent the last few months bunking with the Angels, a group of teens dedicated to eradicating the evil dead from the face of the earth, beginning with the undead roaming the abandoned wreckage that was once London. But the Angels' mission is a b...

  • Zom-B Gladiator

    Zom-B - 6

    Beyond a shadow of a doubt, B Smith has decided to live--and to fight for good as long as possible. However, London is overridden with the brain-eating undead and swarming with human mercenaries whose sense of right and wrong dissolved when society d...



  • Zom-B Mission

    Zom-B - 7

    B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission - to safely escort a group of human survivors from the zombie-infested streets of London to New Kirkham, a barricaded safe haven in the country. But after battling throu...

  • Zom-B Clans

    Zom-B - 8

    B's first mission with the Angels --sentient, do-gooder zombies-- went horribly wrong when vicious members of the Ku Klux Klan attacked New Kirkham, a stronghold of precious human survivors. B is not about to let the racist thugs persecute innocent p...

  • Zom-B Circus

    Zom-B - 9

    After being betrayed and captured by the most heinous survivors of the human race, B Smith lands back in the clutches of a fiend she had hoped to never see again, someone who is intent on making her suffer in the most tortuous ways. Discovering the f...

  • Zom-B Bride

    Zom-B - 10

    B Smith has been reunited with the murderous maniac clown, Mr. Dowling. To her shock and consternation, he's desperate to make B his partner in crime. Mr. Dowling disgusts her, but B thinks she can see a way to control him and maybe even save the wor...

  • Zom-B Fugitive

    Zom-B - 11

    After learning the dark secrets hidden in Mr. Dowling's twisted mind, B is on the run. She escapes the clown's clutches and weaves her way through London's abandoned Underground, only to find that Mr. Dowling has laid siege to the Angels' base in Cou...

  • Zom-B Goddess

    Zom-B - 12

    The final thrilling installment of Darren Shan's Zom-B series is sure to knock you dead! B Smith has escaped from the murderous clown Mr. Dowling, only to find herself trapped by someone she had once thought of as an ally. As B learns more about t...

  • Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds

    Archibald Lox - 1

    There is a universe beyond our own, known as the Merge. A young locksmith called Archibald Lox is about to cross worlds and explore it. As he learns about these lands of wonders, he will have to face cold-blooded killers, rivers of blood, h...

  • Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan

    Archibald Lox - 2

    Archie thought he was finished with the Merge, but he was wrong. Teaming up again with Inez, they must pit their wits against the infamous Empress of Suanpan. In a city of gamblers, Archie must stake everything he owns, even his freedom...&...

  • Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment

    Archibald Lox - 3

    The end of Inez's mission is in sight, but the most difficult part is still to come. Archie is determined to help save an entire realm from falling under the rule of the vicious SubMerged. But old foes stand in his way, and the greatest cha...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 1

    Discover the manga adaptation of Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak, now back in a new omnibus form! Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque du Freak. Now Darren's been immersed into a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, ...



  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 2: The Vampire's Assistant

    In The Vampire's Assistant, Darren returns to the old-fashioned freak show where, thanks to Mr. Crespley, he became a "half-vampire." Darren once again struggles against the urge to feed upon the human blood his health requires....

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 3: Tunnels of Blood

    Accompanying his master, Mr. Crepsley, on a trip to the city, half-vampire Darren Shan is ready to enjoy a pleasant holiday away from the Cirque du Freak with his friend Evra. But when he learns of a string of grisly murders whose victims have bee...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 4: Vampire Mountain

    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 Princess restore Darren's...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 5: Trials of Death

    In agreeing to undergo the Trials of Initiation in order to restore Mr. Crepsley's honor, Darren may have bitten off more than a half-vampire can chew. Each trial is taxing than the last, and despite his resolve, Darren simply may not be up to the...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 6: The Vampire Prince

    Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, faces certain death. Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan - can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince and scores of murderous vampanese, or is this the end of thous...

  • Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt

    Archibald Lox - 4

    When a couple of assassins catch up with Archie, he's forced to flee to the Merge in search of friendship and safety.As his skills develop in that parallel universe, he opens a gateway to a long-forgotten crypt, where ancient secrets are revealed.In ...

  • Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell

    Archibald Lox - 5

    The Grop Tourney has kicked off, and it's the biggest draw in the Merge. Archie has a ticket to every match, and is soon caught up in the excitement. But when a scheming king sets his sights on the young locksmith, all thoughts of grop are ...

  • Lady of the Shades

  • ZOM-B Family

  • Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate

    Archibald Lox - 6

    The kidnapping of a prince shocks the Merge and turns the Grop Tourney on its head. In New York, a desperate Archie and Inez play a cunning game of chess with the fates. But if they are to force a checkmate, they must travel to the heart of...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 7: Hunters of the Dusk

    Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: "...If you have face the Vampaneze Lord four times and ...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 8: Allies of the Night

    Vampire prince and "vampaneze" killer Darren Shan faces his worst nightmare yet - school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up, time is running out, and the past is catching up with the hunters fast!...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 10: The Lake of Souls

    Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead?...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 9: Killers of the Dawn

    Outnumbered, outsmarted, and desperate, the hunters are on the run, pursued by the vampaneze, the police, and an angry mob. With their enemies clamoring for blood, the vampires prepare for a deadly battle. Is this the end for Darren and his allies...

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 11: Lord of the Shadows

    Darren Shan is going home - and his world is going to hell. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night......

  • Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 12: Sons of Destiny

    Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows - and destroy the world....

  • Archibald Lox and the Pick of Loxes

    Archibald Lox - 8

    When Archie finds himself trapped in a claustrophobic zone from which there seems to be no escape, he's thrown a lifeline by the most unlikely of allies.A showdown with a troubled royal ends in chaos and betrayal, and Archie is abducted and imprisone...

  • Archibald Lox and the Sinkhole to Hell

    Archibald Lox - 7

    When an old friend shuffles off their mortal coil, Archie travels to New York for the funeral, and from there to the Merge, to do some work with his mentor, Winston.In a realm of waterless canals and upside-down pyramids, he patiently teaches royals ...

  • Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost

    Archibald Lox - 9

    All is lost, but the plans of mad tyrants never die, and if Archie is to save his friends, he's told he must make the most monumental of sacrifices.As he desperately searches for a way to outwit the demons who hold him in their clutches, he must also...

  • Demonmester

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    Darren Shan, a nagy sikeru Vámpír Könyvek szerzoje új sorozatában a Démonvilág borzalmait ecseteli nagy átéléssel. Az elso kötet tizenhárom éves fohosének arra a kérdésre kell megtalálnia a választ: mi a jobb -- farkasember-ré válni, vagy szembeszáll...

  • Remsegek cirkusza

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    A regénysorozat elso kötetében Darren és Steve, a két barát ellátogat a titokzatos cirkuszba, amely az ódon kastély szomszédságában ütötte fel a táborát. A városban persze senki sem értesült a társulatról, és ami a legfontosabb: a szülok és a tanárok...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Darren Shan has published 70 books.

Darren Shan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost, was published in July 2022.

The first book by Darren Shan, A Living Nightmare, was published in April 2001.

Yes. Darren Shan has 6 series.
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