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Killers of the Dawn (The Saga of Darren Shan #9)
by
Darren Shan
Outnumbered, outsmarted and desperate, the hunters are on the run, pursued by the vampaneze, the police, and an angry mob. With their enemies clamoring for blood, the vampires prepare for a deadly battle. Is this the end for Darren and his allies?
Mass Market Paperback, 206 pages
Published
May 10th 2006
by Little, Brown Young Readers
(first published February 1st 2003)
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Continuing form book 8, Darren and is allies become otunumbered as he find out that humans are against him as well. With the vampanze working together with the humans, i makes it even harder for Mr. Crespley and Darren to king the Lord of Vampanze. Athough he has humans agaisnt him, he also has his girlfriend on his side as well as the Chief of the police as she understnd the situation in the end and volunteers to help with the war going against the humans that have been corrupted. With this pag...more
Apr 22, 2008
Georgia
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Recommends it for:
everyone, everywhere
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really really really good. the best so far!
About the Book:
When we last left Darren and the others, they were being arrested for the murders the vampaneze had committed. Now, they need to figure a way out and stop the Vampaneze Lord.
Review:
Maybe it's just me, but this particular trilogy felt more drawn out than the others. It was still an enjoyable read however. It was especially interesting to see how our heroes dealt with the human police force. Now, even though Killers of the Dawn kept a fast and intriguing pace, I still had issues wi...more
When we last left Darren and the others, they were being arrested for the murders the vampaneze had committed. Now, they need to figure a way out and stop the Vampaneze Lord.
Review:
Maybe it's just me, but this particular trilogy felt more drawn out than the others. It was still an enjoyable read however. It was especially interesting to see how our heroes dealt with the human police force. Now, even though Killers of the Dawn kept a fast and intriguing pace, I still had issues wi...more
If you are considering picking up Killers of the Dawn, then prepare for a journey of delightfully surprising twists and turns. The chosen band of the so-called hunters, the familiar trio consisting of the protagonist Darren, Mr. Crepsley and the eccentric fellow Vampire Prince Vancha March, not to mention the mysterious and nightmare-ridden Harkat Mulds, has embarked on a seemingly impossible quest to defeat the rival Lord of the Vampaneze, and they have been told to follow their hearts by the v...more
Dieser Band schließt nahtlos an Die Verbündeten der Nacht an. Darren, Mr. Crepsley, Harkart und Vancha konnten mit Mühe und Not der Falle der Vampyre entkommen, aber Debbie blieb als Geisel von RV zurück. Mit einem Vampet und Steve als Geisel ziehen sich die 3 Jäger des Lords der Vampire in ihre Abbruchwohnung zurück und tappen diesmal in die Falle der Polizei, die glaubt, dass die Vampire für die Todesfälle in der Stadt der Dunkelheit verantwortlich sind. Darren, Harkart und Mr. Crepsley werden...more
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Nov 18, 2009
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The book starts with Darren and his friends quickly leaving the underground passages to escape the Vampaneze and vampets. With them are two hostages, Steve Leopard (who reveals himself to be a half-vampaneze) and a vampet. Debbie has been taken hostage by R.V., Vancha tortures the vampet back at their base and finds out that only the Vampaneze Lord can kill the three hunters. Unfortunately, Steve had arranged for the police to find out about them and soon they are surrounded by the police and ar...more
In the book killer of dawns the 9th book of the best selling series by Darren Shan, Darren and Mr crepsly faces steve again.They met Alice a police chief and Darren,Mr Crepsly,Harket goes in jail! Darren learned about Vampets, vampaneze/humans that uses guns to kill and defeat others.He went and tried to escape with a help of a vampet who later turn back to him and hes name was Morgan james. Mr.Crepsly Harket a nd Darren has to escape from a mob that saw them as criminals on tv and the polie ta...more
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Oh God why?!!!!!!! i cried SO MUCh in this book, that I never cried BEFORE. Why did M.r crepsly die? I adored him, his character his kindness, braveness everything I LOVED HIM.
The whole series is exiting so much, and this book was good too. But.. :(
"No, thats not what happened..
I wish it was. With all my heart and soul, I wish he'd been rescued and our foes defeated. In that terrible, impossibly long moment of his fall, I imagined half a dozen fantastic scenarios, where Mika or Arrow or Mr Ta...more
The whole series is exiting so much, and this book was good too. But.. :(
"No, thats not what happened..
I wish it was. With all my heart and soul, I wish he'd been rescued and our foes defeated. In that terrible, impossibly long moment of his fall, I imagined half a dozen fantastic scenarios, where Mika or Arrow or Mr Ta...more
So let's just say I hate the ending. Its so freaking sad, I almost cried. Seriously, how could that have happened? Gosh, and the worst part was when the author inserted a chapter in between and raised my hopes, only to bring it all crashing down in the next. Yes, I knew what was going to happen, I just hoped I remembered wrongly and that it wouldn't have happened yet.
Sigh, but overall, the book was really great. It was action-packed right from the beginning. A lot of mysteries were revealed in t...more
Sigh, but overall, the book was really great. It was action-packed right from the beginning. A lot of mysteries were revealed in t...more
I just finished reading this book yesterday and what a twist for horrors it was. The plot took a turn I knew was coming but did not want to believe it would. While this book is meant for horror and to make your insides squirm I found the ending was very depressing. I could not help but shed a tear for the outcome was not to my liking.
While the story was well written and nothing was wrong with it, my heart ached and I stuffed myself with cake that night. To avoid spoiling I will only say someone...more
While the story was well written and nothing was wrong with it, my heart ached and I stuffed myself with cake that night. To avoid spoiling I will only say someone...more
Darren Shan, a vampire, is being hunt down. An angry mob, the police, and the evil vampaneze race are all after him. After his master, Mr.Crepsley is killed, Darren knows what he has to do. He must defeat the vamapaneze, in order to save the humans that are trying to kill him.
I can connect my life to Darren's. Darren had a hard time trying to fit in with humans. They just do not understand his ways very well, and think he is evil. But Darren is really trying to help them, but they don't underst...more
I can connect my life to Darren's. Darren had a hard time trying to fit in with humans. They just do not understand his ways very well, and think he is evil. But Darren is really trying to help them, but they don't underst...more
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Why exactly I picked out this book?
I was on the roll, reading through this series, so I have no problem in picking it up soon after I've finished the 8th installment.
My Thoughts ♠♠♠♠♠
This has been quite a read for me. It is full with twists and surprises, and if I say out any of it here, it will spoil it for you avid Cirque Du Freak readers out there! But let's see, if I can do this one right without spilling any shall I?
We of course now knows, Hooky the Vampaneze is RV "my hands! My hands!" sor...more
I was on the roll, reading through this series, so I have no problem in picking it up soon after I've finished the 8th installment.
My Thoughts ♠♠♠♠♠
This has been quite a read for me. It is full with twists and surprises, and if I say out any of it here, it will spoil it for you avid Cirque Du Freak readers out there! But let's see, if I can do this one right without spilling any shall I?
We of course now knows, Hooky the Vampaneze is RV "my hands! My hands!" sor...more
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Killers of the Dawn
by Darren Shan
Little, Brown Young Readers
224pp.
isbn: 0316016667
Darren and friends escape from the tunnels. They come back later to rescue Darren's girl friend from six years ago( vampires age .1 slow as humans do so they still look the same). They venture back. Mr. Crepsley faces off one vs. one with the lord and wins. Steve, jumps onto Crepsley after he wins and both of them are hanging off a descended platform with spikes on the bottom. Thinking that he'd won, Crepsley kill...more
by Darren Shan
Little, Brown Young Readers
224pp.
isbn: 0316016667
Darren and friends escape from the tunnels. They come back later to rescue Darren's girl friend from six years ago( vampires age .1 slow as humans do so they still look the same). They venture back. Mr. Crepsley faces off one vs. one with the lord and wins. Steve, jumps onto Crepsley after he wins and both of them are hanging off a descended platform with spikes on the bottom. Thinking that he'd won, Crepsley kill...more
Oct 10, 2012
Andrew Herran
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Darren Shan is a half vampire. He is a vampire apprentice. He goes on many adventures and encounters some life threatening moments.
The author had good character development show how Darren really grew smarter. He showed how Darren was now used the pressure. He showed the Darren had become more chill and not so winney. He also showed the great wisdom that the boy had gained from his many journeys. The plot kept the book moving. You could read the book for hours and not get bored of it. The chapte...more
The author had good character development show how Darren really grew smarter. He showed how Darren was now used the pressure. He showed the Darren had become more chill and not so winney. He also showed the great wisdom that the boy had gained from his many journeys. The plot kept the book moving. You could read the book for hours and not get bored of it. The chapte...more
This kid named Darren is half vampire and is arested because the police think that Darren killed and drank blood from the people that the police think he killed because Darren is half a vampire but he doesn't drink blood from humans at least he thinks he doesn't... I also really like this book because its mysterious, dark, and suprising. For my thought of this part for the book, I think that Darren doesn't drink blood from to many humans. I just think that he is not completely vampire. Darren ne...more
this book was good and very interesting it kept me alive while i was reading the book . its about a boy named darren shan. he is pursued by the deadly vampaneze the police and an angry screaming mob. darren shan is finally a vampire prince and he is a public enemy number one! that is not good because he is wanted by everyone and they all want to kill him. with his enemies clamoring for blood the vampires need to get ready. for a deadly scary battle. is this when darren will die. no he kills ever...more
Ya you know the typical vampire storys where the average vampire drinks blood and can turn into a bat and fly away. But this is not one of those storys this is a story about a boy (that is at least 30) that does not age as fast as we do and doesnt turn into a bat and fly away when they feel like there losing a battle. No this is a book about Darren Shan a vampires assistent that will soon be a ex-vampires assistent. But before I can tell you that I have to tell you about everything else leading...more
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Mr. Crepsley, Darren, and Harkat go into the tunnels, where they find Vancha. They arm themselves with weapons carelessly discarded by the Vampaneze and seek out Steve. Steve calls the rest of the Vampaneze. There is a battle between the two sides vampaneze and vampires, and soon they face the Vampaneze Lord. The Vampaneze Lord says that he and Mr. Crepsley must fight one another alone with no help from anyone. The Vampaneze and Vampires stop their fighting. At last Mr. Crepsley kills the Vampan...more
My son got me into reading these books. I was very ill once and spent along time on the loo where he left his copy of Cirque du Freak book. Perhaps thats too much information.
I don't usually comment on any of these books because I just think they are all amazing and I would just be saying the same thing over and over again.
However, I found myself reading this at every free moment I got.
Killers of the Dawn has been my favourite in the saga because so much happens and I also find it amazing how...more
I don't usually comment on any of these books because I just think they are all amazing and I would just be saying the same thing over and over again.
However, I found myself reading this at every free moment I got.
Killers of the Dawn has been my favourite in the saga because so much happens and I also find it amazing how...more
Aug 24, 2011
Tina Rae
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
fans of the series
Recommended to Tina Rae by:
Desire' Smith
Chapter Nineteen was the cruelest chapter I have ever read in my life. So this book made me bawl like no other. I literally cannot stand when one of my favorite character dies... especially when there are still books left in the series. So far, three of my favorites have been offed. And each time, the book in which it happened, has not been one of my favorites. So this one, well, not thinking too highly of it. I probably won't even continue with the series for a while, just because I'm sooo deva...more
The book is titled Killers of the Dawn by Dareen Shan and has 224 pages. The main characters in this story are Darren Shan, Larten Crepsley, Vancha March, and Harkat Mulds. The main pupose in this story is for the three "hunters" [the people who are the only ones who may hunt the vampeneze lord] to find and kill the vampeneze lord before he leads the vampeneze to wipe out the vampires and give them only one hope for survival [the stone of blood]. The story concludes when Larten Crepsley dies an...more
This book was abslolutely amazing. I would reccomend this book and the entire Cirque du Freak series to anyone who is interested in the vampire genre. This book kept me on my feet the enitre time. Their isnt a dull moment. But I dont agree with the title. I dont think Killers Of The Dawn does the book justice. I would of named it The Prince's Pursuit. That way it would let the readers know that he is in pursuit of the Vampaneze. Killers Of The Dawn makes me think that they kill Vampaneze at dawn...more
This book isn't all great because it is kind of disturbing, first of all because too many people died, and also because it is quite sad. In the other parts of the series I don't think there was anything as sad as in the book. But even though it was quite sad to read it, it was still a good book because there were many well described parts that were very interesting and exciting.
One of pretty interesting parts was when Darren Shan and his companions were kind of mistakenly put in jail accused of...more
One of pretty interesting parts was when Darren Shan and his companions were kind of mistakenly put in jail accused of...more
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When Mr.Crepsley fell and mika ver leth -I think- saved Mr. Crepsley and the whole clan joined in and saved everything!......... But that didn't happen. Mr. Crepsley fell, He was impaled on the stakes. He died. As the fire spread up and burnt Mr. Creplsley's broken body to ashes I nearly cried my eyes out. I couldn't believe it. Mr. Crepsley was gone. I thought it was a trick, I thought he'd come back..... He never did! It was only Vancha and Darren to save The Lord if the Vampaneze! I thought M...more
This is the 8 book in the cirque du freak. Darren and friends are on the hunt for the vampanzee lord. They have captured steve and is on the run from the police. They give themselves up and are taken to jail. They escape and are find the vampanzee lord. Mr cresply sacrifices himself to defeat the lord. After they escape it is revealed that steve was the real vampanzee lord.
When my aunt jeen died I was really sad. It was the first funeral that I ever went to. I could not help but crying. I used t...more
When my aunt jeen died I was really sad. It was the first funeral that I ever went to. I could not help but crying. I used t...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 is the author of The Demonata series, as well as some stand-alone books, and a series o...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 is the author of The Demonata series, as well as some stand-alone books, and a series o...more
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“Quick! Head for the ground floor! We have to get out! We will die if we stay! The vampires are here!"
"Haven't you got a hug for me, Larten, old buddy?”
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"Haven't you got a hug for me, Larten, old buddy?”
“Jangan biarkan kebencian menguasai hidupmu. Kematianku tidak perlu dibalaskan. Hiduplah sebagai vampir yang bebas, bukan sebagai makhluk putus asa gila dan terobsesi untuk membalas dendam.”
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