Vampire Mountain: The Saga of Darren Shan Book 4 - Softcover

Shan, Darren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439974097 ISBN 13: 9780439974097

Publisher: Scholastic Canada, 2003

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Darren and his master, Larten Crepsley, make a pilgrimage to the Halls of Vampire Mountain to meet with the generals and princes in charge. The road is perilous, of course, and getting to their destination is only half of the problem.

About this title

About the Author:

DARREN SHAN is the bestselling author of the young adult series Cirque Du Freak, The Demonata, and The Saga of Larten Crepsley, as well as the stand-alone novel The Thin Executioner. Shan's books are sold on every continent and in thirty-one languages, and have been bestsellers in countries including the US, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Hungary, Japan, Taiwan, and the UAE. In total, they have sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide. Shan divides his time between his homes in Ireland and London.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-Darren Shan, the loquacious vampire's assistant, narrates another blood-and-guts tale. Having tracked a horror-movie-stereotype vampire in their previous adventure, Darren and his master, Larten Crepsley, take another hiatus from the bizarre circus of the series title to make a pilgrimage to the Halls of Vampire Mountain to meet with the generals and princes in charge. The peregrinators are accompanied by a pair of ugly, speechless Little People who carry an ominous message for the council from their "old as time itself" master, Mr. Tiny. The road is perilous, of course, and getting to their destination is only half of the problem. Darren's biggest challenge, following a run-in with a crazed grizzly bear and a foolhardy confrontation with a rare, Xena-like vampiress, comes in defending his maker, the one who inexplicably violated the proscription against blooding a child. While the previous trio of "Cirque du Freak" books could each relatively stand alone, this fourth entry marks a definite transition, a critical segue into adventures to come that will revolve around Mr. Tiny's foreboding and Darren's impending Trials of Initiation (book nine is already in the works in the U.K.). The book ends with a "to be continued-" teaser along with an excerpt from the next book.
John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0439974097
• ISBN 13: 9780439974097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200