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  With a gesture of both acceptance and defiance, the vampire let go of the wall. Spreading his arms, letting his cloak billow out behind him, he dropped towards the stage like a bat. In the balcony, the young boy toppled backwards with fright, then shakily rose to his knees and stared at the man standing over his cowering friend. In his flamboyant red clothes, with his unnatural orange hair, pale skin, jagged scar and penetrating gaze, there could be no mistaking him.

  Mr. Crepsley!

  THE END

  THE SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY

  JANUARY 27, 2007–NOVEMBER 1, 2011

  ALSO BY

  DARREN SHAN

  THE SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY

  Birth of a Killer

  Ocean of Blood

  Palace of the Damned

  The Thin Executioner

  THE DEMONATA SERIES

  Lord Loss

  Demon Thief

  Slawter

  Bec

  Blood Beast

  Demon Apocalypse

  Death’s Shadow

  Wolf Island

  Dark Calling

  Hell’s Heroes

  THE CIRQUE DU FREAK SERIES

  A Living Nightmare

  The Vampire’s Assistant

  Tunnels of Blood

  Vampire Mountain

  Trials of Death

  The Vampire Prince

  Hunters of the Dusk

  Allies of the Night

  Killers of the Dawn

  The Lake of Souls

  Lord of the Shadows

  Sons of Destiny

  Contents

  Welcome

  Dedication

  Part One

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Part Two

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Part Three

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Part Four

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Part Five

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-one

  Also by Darren Shan

  Copyright

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Copyright © 2012 by Darren Shan

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  ISBN 978-0-316-20225-1