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Dark Calling (The Demonata #9)
by
Darren Shan
I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear I heard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with, but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over. Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently.
"Come..."
The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he ...more
"Come..."
The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he ...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Little, Brown Young Readers
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Dark Calling is by far probably the weakest book in the series.
It just couldn't grab my interest. Demonata has always had its appeal to me. The one thing I loved is how weak the characters are in comparison to the foes that they face. Nearly most of the fights that they have, none of them come out unscathed. They'll be missing an arm, lose a friend, and moan about how strong their enemy is and how hopeless the fight is.
Its a brilliant story tactic and it adds to the horro...more
It just couldn't grab my interest. Demonata has always had its appeal to me. The one thing I loved is how weak the characters are in comparison to the foes that they face. Nearly most of the fights that they have, none of them come out unscathed. They'll be missing an arm, lose a friend, and moan about how strong their enemy is and how hopeless the fight is.
Its a brilliant story tactic and it adds to the horro...more
YaoMing Jiang 11/20/09
9A Ms.Moore
BATTLE WITH THE DEMONS
The Demonata Series are about demons. It’s a series about 3 main characters and how they each fair against the madness that they are about to experience. The Demonata series are all outstanding books because of the way each book focuses on different characters. Gru...more
9A Ms.Moore
BATTLE WITH THE DEMONS
The Demonata Series are about demons. It’s a series about 3 main characters and how they each fair against the madness that they are about to experience. The Demonata series are all outstanding books because of the way each book focuses on different characters. Gru...more
Don't get me wrong--I really enjoy Darren Shan's books. Since the wonderful Cirque du Freak series concluded, The Demonata has been my main horror read. And it is horrific--mainly because of the occasionally excessive amounts of gore. This was new, intriguing, and tolerable, as well as exciting, in the first half of this series. Lord Loss was fresh and new and made me want to continue reading the next few books. Lately, though, with a number of confusing plot points and battles that just se...more
I really like the Demonata series as a whole. Some books are absolutely great and some aren't so great so the series as a whole balances out to be one of the best series' of books ever written. dark Calling is one of the books in the Demonata series that I really love.
As far as the story line goes I was hooked. Dark Calling was definitely my kind of book. So far the series has been mostly fantasy and horror but Dark Calling brings in the Science Fiction. Which is something that I reall...more
As far as the story line goes I was hooked. Dark Calling was definitely my kind of book. So far the series has been mostly fantasy and horror but Dark Calling brings in the Science Fiction. Which is something that I reall...more
Dark Calling opens up by quickly running through the events in Death's Shadow through Kernal Fleck's perspective, who has noticed that he and the Disciples are being controlled by an unknown force. After it is revealed as to who was controlling Kernal and company, Kernal is taken on a trip through many universes in order to help comprehend the beginning of time itself in his world.
The Old Creatures explain to Kernel Fleck all about the past and everything, and I must say, it was simply br...more
The Old Creatures explain to Kernel Fleck all about the past and everything, and I must say, it was simply br...more
Dark Calling goes by quickly, running through events in Death's Shadow through Kernal Fleck's point of view. He noticed that he and the other Disciples controlled by an unknown force. Later when Kernal was revealed as to who was controlling him and others, Kernal is taken on a journey through many universes to help comprehend the beginning of time itself in his world.
The Old Creatures explain to Kernel Fleck bout the past and what has happened in the begging of time. I must say, it was pr...more
The Old Creatures explain to Kernel Fleck bout the past and what has happened in the begging of time. I must say, it was pr...more
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This book switches the narrator again and it is set at the same time as Death’s Shadow, and Wolf Island. This one is about what Kernel was doing when the others were fighting for their lives in their own battles. Kernel is taken from earth on a journey across the universe. He is told about the origins of the world and is told why the world is going through the things that are happening to it. He learns that the end of the world is less then a year away and th...more
This book switches the narrator again and it is set at the same time as Death’s Shadow, and Wolf Island. This one is about what Kernel was doing when the others were fighting for their lives in their own battles. Kernel is taken from earth on a journey across the universe. He is told about the origins of the world and is told why the world is going through the things that are happening to it. He learns that the end of the world is less then a year away and th...more
The Good:
Dark Calling is very well written and continues to wrap up the series' loose ends. It was told from Kernel's POV, which I wasn't initially excited about (I love Grubbs), but as with the previous eight books, I fell into the story and too soon it was over.
Is It Just Me?
The descriptions of demons and the violence they wreck is littered throughout the book. Granted, it is a young adult book. While I point this out, I wouldn't change a thing. Shan captures the demons and the...more
Dark Calling is very well written and continues to wrap up the series' loose ends. It was told from Kernel's POV, which I wasn't initially excited about (I love Grubbs), but as with the previous eight books, I fell into the story and too soon it was over.
Is It Just Me?
The descriptions of demons and the violence they wreck is littered throughout the book. Granted, it is a young adult book. While I point this out, I wouldn't change a thing. Shan captures the demons and the...more
“Dark Calling,” is the ninth installment of the Demonata series, this latest volume was as compelling and “engrossing” as any of the other books in the series. In this chapter, one of the pieces of the Kah-Gash, Kernel, is kidnapped by an “old creature,” or easier perceived, “like gods.” The old creature takes Kernel to the center of the universes, the Crux, and reveals the “inevitable” fate of the human race. As Kernel struggles to understand this unimaginable information, the other pieces o...more
This is the 9th book to the Demonata series. In this book, Lord Loss is no longer a threat or a big foe as he was throughout the first few books. Grubs, Kernel, and the others travel to a dimensional world to save the world. The huge gap between Bec suddenly having more power versus the dimensional gate power resembles a dark side to the gruesome battle. Lord Loss no longer seems like a threat. Instead, the new threat is Death. Will death take over or will our characters overcome it? Grab a copy...more
Dark Calling is the ninth book in the series Daemonata and the whole series is about Daemon hunting. It is written by Darren Shan, author of the popular Cirque Du Freak series and if you have read any of those books, you know that Darren Shan's writing is extremely violent. The things he gets away with, especially in the first book. I would not recommend this for anyone with a weak stomach or below the age 12. On to the book, it is about Kernel Fleck's struggles with Daemons. He has to fight the...more
Book nine in the Demonata series.
Kernel narrates this one, and the book begins with a bit of repetition of the story told in the previous two books, from his perspective.
Ever since Kernel lost his eyes during a demon attack, he has been able to see (and hear) mysterious lights that he can neither understand nor control. When an Old One kidnaps him from the demon cruise ship and separates him from Bec, Beranabus, Dervish, and Sharmila, he ends up on a forced journey to th...more
Kernel narrates this one, and the book begins with a bit of repetition of the story told in the previous two books, from his perspective.
Ever since Kernel lost his eyes during a demon attack, he has been able to see (and hear) mysterious lights that he can neither understand nor control. When an Old One kidnaps him from the demon cruise ship and separates him from Bec, Beranabus, Dervish, and Sharmila, he ends up on a forced journey to th...more
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OMG! I loved this book! So many lose ends were tied up, but so much more were created. The Old Creatures explain to Kernel Fleck all about the past and everything, and I must say, it was simply brilliant. I mean an Original Board, divided into squares, Black for the Demonata, and White for the Old Creatures. Then an explosion, and the Kah-Gash's pieces floating to people. And the Sligsta, and everything. This was weird but gut-wrenchingly creative and genius. It had blood and gore and violence (...more
This series is my get away series and I really like them.I can finish these books in two to three days because they do keep you hooked. Unfortunantly there is only one more to the series and Darren Shan always leaves you anticipating the next book because he always ends with a cliff hanger. In this series there are a number of main characters and he focuses on one of them in each book. In this book in particular he focuses on Kernel. This series is basically about demons trying to destroy our wo...more
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Darragh Lysaght-Gordon
Kernel is my least favourite character in the series but he redeems himself here. More science fiction than horror and a bit confusing in its concerns of time, mythology and religion, we are away from the Druids here, not as strong as the previous book. The expendability of the characters we have invested in, is a bit much and is a bit of a turn off. Life if brutal and we are used to our heroes suffering terrible emotional and physical injuries which require intense therapy or magical rebuild...more
I bought this two years ago and only read it now out of duty, really. When I was younger I was a fan of Shan's vampire series, but was never really into the Demonata after the third book. But I hate to not finish a series, so I've stuck with it. I'm not the target age, and his writing style doesn't appeal to me; you never feel close to the characters or the action. This took me under 24 hours to read - and that's with a sleep break inbetween sessions. I f I was younger I'd have enjoyed it probab...more
This is the 9th book of the Demonata series. In this book, Grubbs, Kernel and other others discovers that the shadow is death. In order for them to find Bern's soul, they travel into a dimension of the demon world. In this world, they encounter the shadow who begins to attack them. Kernel learns that Bec has defected to the demon side but could not successfully warn Grubbs about when they returned back to the human world. Deverish, Grubb's uncle, asks to be taken outside to die, and is taken out...more
We all know what happened to grubs, but what has become of kernal? Kernal is saved at the last minute by a ball of white light, it was one of the old creatures, the beings that existed at the beginning of time. They brought kernal through universes, showing him life he has never seen before. Along with that he was given a proposal, to leave his life and become the captain of an ark that will travel through the universe away from the demons. Will kernal abandon humanity and preserve something eve...more
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I think it's interesting what Shan does with his books. What he does is, he has this one character narrate one book, and what's happening, and sometimes in the book, the group splits up, so in the next book he switches the narrator so it was the person in the other "group" so we see what was happening while we knew what was happening with the other group. At times it can get a little confusing, but that's what i think makes it interesting.
Most of this book is just Kernal (the nar...more
Most of this book is just Kernal (the nar...more
The book the dark calling is about a kid named kernal fleck who can see paches of light and can open windows to other universes. One day he was taken by something called the old creechers and was showen the past and what it used to look like. He was given a chose to stay and save the univers or to go back and die. Kernal said that he would try to save his friends but if he could not he would come back and save them and the univers. when he came back he fought many demonds. He also fought death. ...more
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Siti H.M. Khairi
Dark Calling
by Darren Shan
186 pages
Little, Brown and Company $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-316-04871-2
(Ages 14 & up)
Kernel's gone mad. And there is absolutely no time to go crazy, not with the fate of the universe and human race in jeopardy. Kernel thinks lights can talk. Psh, yeah right. After the debacle on the cruise ship, Kernel was seperated from the others. Alone, he travels through the demon world until the lights ...more
Siti H.M. Khairi
Dark Calling
by Darren Shan
186 pages
Little, Brown and Company $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-316-04871-2
(Ages 14 & up)
Kernel's gone mad. And there is absolutely no time to go crazy, not with the fate of the universe and human race in jeopardy. Kernel thinks lights can talk. Psh, yeah right. After the debacle on the cruise ship, Kernel was seperated from the others. Alone, he travels through the demon world until the lights ...more
This book was more of an explanation of the past and how it connects to the future. It reveals the secret of the Old species that takes form of a floating energy. It speaks to Kernel as one of them guides him to be the new Noah. They believe the world will perish and end because the humans have lost but can still save some species and live in a free realm where the demons cannot find them. This is a book of choice, if Kernel stays with Grubbs or leaves him and play it safe for the whole world.
toby martinez
the book dark calling by Darren Shan was a wonderfull book. if you have read other books in the series then you should know that there trying to find a demon called the shadow. this book is about Grubbs and the gang trying to hunt it down and find out what its trying to do. by during the adventure many bad things happen and alot of them are not good for them. But this book was great and it made me keep wanting to read it couldnt stop but this book will suck you in.
the book dark calling by Darren Shan was a wonderfull book. if you have read other books in the series then you should know that there trying to find a demon called the shadow. this book is about Grubbs and the gang trying to hunt it down and find out what its trying to do. by during the adventure many bad things happen and alot of them are not good for them. But this book was great and it made me keep wanting to read it couldnt stop but this book will suck you in.
I liked this book.
I expected more from Darren Shan but this book definitely was way better than the Wolf Island!
I don't know if it's me or the book, but I'm getting bored of reading this series. I just want it finished.
And as I asked my friends they had the same feeling.
I think Mr. Shan is getting predictable. I believe I know how this story is going to end. It must be something close to Cirque Du Freak.
I expected more from Darren Shan but this book definitely was way better than the Wolf Island!
I don't know if it's me or the book, but I'm getting bored of reading this series. I just want it finished.
And as I asked my friends they had the same feeling.
I think Mr. Shan is getting predictable. I believe I know how this story is going to end. It must be something close to Cirque Du Freak.
A very gripping book couldn't put it down!!!!!
Really good, love kernel and I thought the whole thing with the ark was amazing!!!!
Really exciting action packed and funny at times loved this book!!!,
If you love horror, action and fantasy, than GO AND READ THIS BOOK NOW!!!!!!! You don't know what your missing seriously!!!!!
Really good, love kernel and I thought the whole thing with the ark was amazing!!!!
Really exciting action packed and funny at times loved this book!!!,
If you love horror, action and fantasy, than GO AND READ THIS BOOK NOW!!!!!!! You don't know what your missing seriously!!!!!
Tommy
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this book was a bit different. the whole series was a bit different. I'm not too accustomed to reading the same story over and over in someone else's perspective, but this is an exception. The book was well written and added a load of twists to the story that would make you say, "wait, wha-?" and begin to reread just what exactly happened.
Darren Shan spins such gruesome scenes that those who aren't prepared could begin to get dizzy
I highly recommend this book if you have re...more
Darren Shan spins such gruesome scenes that those who aren't prepared could begin to get dizzy
I highly recommend this book if you have re...more
Kernel Fleck is a average teen, except for one problem: he's a demon fighter who keeps humanity safe from hellish suffering, he sees strange lights that are actually parts of gates to the demon universe, and his only ally has recently ripped his eyes out. Nothing special about this guy! Anyways, Dark Calling is the penultimate peril, which means that it is the second to last novel in the series.(Thanks, Lemony Snicket!) In this novel,it starts with him hearing voices, and ends up with him going...more
Riveting, this is the equivalent of The Half-Blood Prince in the Harry Potter series in the fact that it answers many questions of the series but brings up new ones, big thumbs up. The book is written in the perspective of Kernel Fleck, one of the three people part of the Kah-Gash, a universe destroying weapon, taking place during the events in the two previous book. Kernel is drawn to pulsing lights he sees that turn out to be an Old God, beings from the time when the Universe was created, and ...more
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Librarian's note: Also writes under the name D.B. Shan.
Darren Shan (born July 2, 1972 in London, England) is the pen name of the Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy, as well as the name of the protagonist of his book series The Saga of Darren Shan, also known as The Cirque Du Freak Series in the United States. He also is currently writing The Demonata series, as well as a series of books...more
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Darren Shan (born July 2, 1972 in London, England) is the pen name of the Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy, as well as the name of the protagonist of his book series The Saga of Darren Shan, also known as The Cirque Du Freak Series in the United States. He also is currently writing The Demonata series, as well as a series of books...more
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