CIRQUE DU FREAK (PAPERBACK, REISSUE) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 1 Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It¿s the wonderfully gothic Cirque du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren ¿ a spider freak ¿ ¿falls in love¿ with Madam Octa ¿ an enormous tarantala owned by the circus proprietor. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horrible wrong. The spider bites his best mate and Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children¿s normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and¿ terrifying. Features Summary The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Author Darren Shan Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20000104 Pages 182 ISBN 0-00-675416-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-675416-9