The nightmare begins! Vampire Blood trilogy comprising: Cirque Du Freak,
The Vampire's Assistant and 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 and 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 and they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren makes
friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) and a
local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco-warrior and 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 -- and 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 and the
snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du Freak and travel with him to
the city. Whilst there, Darren meets Debbie and his life as a Vampire's
Assistant fades into the background -- until corpses are found. Corpses
drained of blood! Suspicious of Mr Crepsley's secretive behaviour,
Darren and Evra shadow him across the city and confront a creature of
the night who may be the end of them all!