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Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission. As part of an elite force, he searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is long and dangerous--and lined with the bodies of the damned.

Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan--Darren Shan faces certain death. Can he reverse the odds and outwit a vampire prince? Darren's initiation on Vampire Mountain draws to a stunning conclusion--but the Saga of Darren Shan will continue.

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five of these fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire clan--or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats, and death may be a blessing.

Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain--the vampaneze have been there before them. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes turn Darren further toward the darkness?

While visiting the city, Darren, the vampire's assistant, and his friend Evra discover blood-drained corpses and are determined to catch the creature responsible. Meanwhile, evil stalks the two boys, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley, the vampire. Can they escape, or are they doomed?

Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a vampire's assistant, he tries desperately to resist the one temptation that sickens him, the one thing that can keep him alive. But destiny is calling.

Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak. But in the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers is a vampire! What follows is the boys' horrifying descent into the bloody world of vampires.

Belasco House is the Mount Everest of haunted houses. Previous attempts to probe its mysteries ended in murder, suicide, or insanity. Now, a new investigation is underway, bringing four strangers in search of the secrets of life after death.

This classic thriller of human triumph over an alien threat inspired the acclaimed 1956 film directed by Don Siegel. This edition is read by Siegel's son, Kristoffer Tabori, and includes reminiscences of his father's work on the film.

Three celebrated books — all of which harbour a twisted ambition to physically alter your imagination — together for the first time.

The Hellmouths of Bewdley is a series of 16 stories hiding in a novel about a small town in Ontario’s cottage country. Navigating through drunk and dead men, prisons and suicides and mad doctors, these short stories act as a halfway house for literary delinquents.