Dark Calling

Dark Calling
Darren Shan

Events take an unexpected turn in this ninth awesome foray into the worlds of the Demonata…The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the grip of a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voices are calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless to resist.Kernel has already been to hell and back. Now he's about to go further…

Copyright

First published in hardback in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2009

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EBook Edition © February 2011 ISBN: 9780007435388

Version: 2014-10-29

For:

Bas — you love it when I call!

OBEs (Order of the Bloody Entrails) to:

Sam “the snapper” White

Rachel Wasdyke — demon mistress of New Orleans

Tom Woodhead – in a word – Sligstatic!!!

Hallowed hollerer:

Stella Paskins

Greek chorus:

the Christopher Little choir

Contents

Title Page (#u3ffc6143-5aa1-5dbf-b15b-1baa0d36b279)

Copyright

Turn Around, Bright Eyes

A Word in your Ear

Lying Low

Death Watch

Come…

Tripping the Light Fantastic

The Man from Atlantis

Under the Sea

Taking to the Skies

Going Universal

The Crux

New Face, Old Story

Picking up the Pieces

World of the Dead

The Reaper Unleashed

NOAH MK II

A Warning

Welcome Home

Restless Souls

Shades of the Fallen

The Carriage Held…

Swan Song

Casualties of War

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