The Vampire’s Assistant
Darren Shan
Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for 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.Darren comes face to face with pure evil in the form of Mr Tiny, the leader of the Little People who join the Cirque Du Freak, and who eat anything – including human flesh. When he discovers animal bones, RV frees the wolf-man from his cage – and no-one could possibly guess how truly terrible the whole effect would be.
THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN
BOOK 2
THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN
BOOK 2
Madam Octa’s on the Web… and so is Darren Shan!
For all things freaky, check out the official
Darren Shan website at www.darrenshan.com
For:
Granny and Grandad – tough old fogeys
OBEs (Order of the Bloody Entrails) to:
Caroline ‘tracker’ Paul
Paul ‘the pillager’ Litherland
Heads off to:
Biddy ‘Jekyll’ and Liam ‘Hyde’
Gillie ‘grave robber’ Russell
The hideously creepy HarperCollins gang
and
Emma and Chris (from ‘Ghouls Are Us’)
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six