The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Birth of a Killer Award-winning author by Darren Shan (author)

At the birthplace of the saga, at its end and in its centre, one figure stands firm: Mr Crepsley. Spanning centuries and continents, taking in sea voyages, murder, war and love, this is the epic, blood-soaked tale of the great vampire at the heart of it all. When a young Larten escapes the terrible workhouse in which he toils, he doesn’t know that he is running from an early death into quite another kind of transformation. After meeting the mysterious vampire Seba Nile while sheltering in a crypt, Larten finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of the vampire Clan. Changed beyond recognition, travelling and learning, he enjoys the chance to see a world beyond any he dreamed of in his poverty-stricken youth. But Larten begins to discover something else, too. Much like death, becoming a vampire is something you can’t come back from…

Product Details

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780007315857

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.9; Middle years plus; 8.0 points

Other details

254 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Darren Shan

Darren Shan is author of two best-selling horror series: The Saga of Darren Shan, and The Demonata. He was born in London in 1972, but has lived in Ireland since the age of six. He began to write as a teenager, and initally had horror books for adults published.

His big breakthrough came in 2000 with the publication of his first children’s book, Cirque du Freak. The first of twelve books in the vampiric_Saga of Darren Shan_ it attracted a huge following. A film of the first three books is released in October 2009. His next project, The Demonata cemented his reputation as the master of children’s horror, and the episodic Zom_B soon followed.

Darren lives in Limerick with his girlfriend. He’s a huge film buff, loves to collect comic-art, supports Tottenham Hotspur – and is always thinking up new ways to terrify his readers!

Darren’s books have now been published in 31 languages, and have been best-sellers in countries as diverse as America, Hugnary and Taiwan, selling over 20 million copies worldwide!!!!

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What kids think

AngelofDeath
on 9 March 2014

I liked the part of cirque du freak
CookieM
on 9 March 2013

I like Darren Shan books as they are easy to read and easy to imagine, this is a little scary in places and is more for older kids. I liked finding out about Larten.

5out of 5
Nashdasher
on 7 March 2013

This book is great I always wondered how Larten started out
Book-Club-Review-Team
on 24 February 2011

An amazing prequel to Darren Shan’s first saga which stars a vampire called Darren Shan. Birth of a Killer goes two hundred years back in time to the 19th century. This book is about Larten Crepsley. Those of you have read the first saga will recognise him. This story talks about how Larten became a Vampire and his life as a vampire.

I give this book a rating: 7/10 because it a fantastic prequel to his first saga and Darren Shan’s writing skills are excellent.

I recommend this book for ages: 12+ because there are some violent acts in it.

Mustafa, age 12

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Birth of a Killer Award-winning author by Darren Shan (author)