Allies of the Night (Cirque Du Freak, #8)
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Allies of the Night (Cirque Du Freak #8)

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Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet--school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out. And the past is catching up with the hunters fast.
Mass Market Paperback, 209 pages
Published September 1st 2005 by Little, Brown Young Readers
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Evey Bearcub
Allies of the Night by Darren Shan is another exhilarating book in the Cirque Du Freak series. The War of Scars has broke out and the Vampaneze have a nice chance of winning it. Darren and Vancha March, vampire princes and Mr.Crepsley, once a campire general are informed that they are the only people who have a chance against the Vampaneze Lord. With that, they head out for the search of the evil lord, with Harkat, a little person, tagging along.
Darren, Crepsley and Harkat stay at a ...more
Oscar
Oscar rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2010-2011
Cirque Du Freak Allies of the night is about a once teenage dude, untill he found a powerful spider in Cirque Du Freak, and became a vampires assistant, and then the vampire prince!Now he returns to his friend Mr. Crepslys hometown with Mr.Cresply the vampire and Harkat the little creepy person, in search of the Vampaneze! The Vampaneze are relatives to the vampires only more crazy and mad, who are at war with the vampires! Darren the vampire prince was to hunt down the vampaneze who were killin...more
Paul
Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars
Darren, Harkat, and Crepsley have returned to Mr. Crepsley’s hometown to investigate a series of murders that seem to be the work of the vampaneze. While in town, Darren runs into a few people from his past.

For the first time, the difference in Darren’s age and his appearance catch up with him. By this time he’s actually about twenty-eight years old, but he only looks about fifteen. The strange thing is, I don’t notice any difference in his narration between twenty-eight year-old se...more
sabisteb
Nachdem die 3 Jäger des Fürsten der Vampyre die erste Chance verpatzt haben diesen zu töten, kehren sie in Mr. Crepsleys Heimatstadt, die Stadt der Dunkelheit, zurück. Dort treiben Vampyre ihr Unwesen und die örtliche Polizei ermittelt in einer Mordserie, in welcher die Opfer blutleer zurückgelassen werden. Nächtelang schlagen sich Harkard Mulch, Mr. Crepsely, Vancha March und Darren Shan die Nacht in der Kanalisation der Stadt um die Ohren, aber schon bald ist diese lustige Zeit vorbei, denn ei...more
Jayvaun_♀♫♪
this book continues off from here Darren shan was left in vampire mountain.he is now on the hunbt for the vampeneze lord to save all the vampires on earth from certain death.
Darren returns to the old country of mr Creplsy and finds out that there are a bunch of killings going on lately. as they soon discover it was the work of a bunch of vampeneze. the now suspect that the vampire lord is lurking around in that city. Desmond Tiny (a magical human/ demon oracle) that has predicted the fall ...more
Timothy Wu

Darren, Harkat, and Mr. Crepsley (Vancha going back to Vampire Mountain to inform the other Princes and Generals of their encounter with the Vampaneze Lord) go to Mr. Crepsley's hometown once again to investigate if Vampaneze had set up territories there. But soon after their arrival Darren is discovered by the police and forced to attend school. He has trouble with most of his subjects as he only has a middle school education, but luckily (or perhaps unluckily?) his English teacher is Debbie, h

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El bintang
baca buku ini kerna disaranin teman yang brasa maximum ride (yang ke 4?) menjemukan. Uhm...mungkin kerna bacanya langsung dari buku ke 8 jadi feelnya nggak dapet.

tapi kalo bisa membandingkan dengan buku serial yang lain, semisal buku trudi cannavan ato harpot ato bahkan bukunya kho ping ho (1 seri bisa 6-8 buku saku. yang saya maksud seri yg berbeda) rasanya jauh banget. Maksudnya, buku-buku tersebut tidak saya baca urut tapi feel bahwa buku yang saya baca tersebut punya crita yang ...more
Viveia94
Darren and Larten Crepsley went to Mr. Crepsley's hometown to investigate if Vampaneze had set up territories there. Darren was discovered by the police and forced to attend school. People were killed at night and Crepsley and Darren investigated. Darren's English teacher at school is Debbie, his old girlfriend from Tunnels of Blood. Larten Crepsley had to go back to Vampire Mountain again for Paris's funeral. Darren encounters a Vampaneze with a hook and unknown mask wrapped around his face. Da...more
Aaron
Aaron rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: grade-8-ir-books
Darren Shan, a vampire, is trying to hunt down a race called the vampaneze before they destroy the world. But he is accidently placed in school because he looks so young. But he can't think about homework, because he knows time is running out. He must face the vampaneze once again, to stop them from accomplishing their goal.

I can relate myself to Darren. There is a lot going on in Darren's life. Its hard to think about school when his enemies could be trying to kill him. For me, it is ...more
Flame
I didn't really enjoy this book. I felt that there were loads of conversations and hardly any action. Sure, at the end, there was pretty a lot of action, but I didn't really like it. It was kind of boring TBH. How would I put it? It was a lot like another filler book...

You know, I really have no mood to write this review, considering I just wrote 6 others today. Yes, I'm crazy, I read so many books in a day when my exams are round the corner. In my defense, I can only say I read fast...more
Stefanie
Stefanie rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Stefanie by: Continuation of the Cirque Du Freak series
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Ralphie
This book is the 8th book in Daran Shan's Cirque Du Freak saga. In this series he assumes the role of an assistant of Mr. Crepsley, a full vampire who was greatly respected among his kind. In this book Darren had a meeting with the representatives of schools, the representative tells him he needs to go to school. He believes that a 14 year old should not be missing out on an education. But because it was the morning, Mr. Crepsley was fast asleep so Darren had to convince the man himself. After a...more
Jeff_§of2014
This book is the 8th book in Daran Shan's Cirque Du Freak saga. In this series he assumes the role of an assistant of Mr. Crepsley, a full vampire who was greatly respected among his kind. In this book Darren had a meeting with the representatives of schools, the representative tells him he needs to go to school. He believes that a 14 year old should not be missing out on an education. But because it was the morning, Mr. Crepsley was fast asleep so Darren had to convince the man himself. A...more
Travis
Travis rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: 12th-grade
This is the 7th book of the Cirque Du Freak series, and it has been a few years after the last book. It starts off with Mr. Tiny telling them that they need 3 hunters, which 2 of them are Darren and Mr. Crepsley to find and hunt down the Vampeneze lord if they want to win the war against the Vampeneze. Mr. Tiny told them that they will cross paths with the Vampeneze lord and only 4 chances to kill him. They have to go to Lady Evanna to ask for help, and on their journey they meet their final hu...more
Adrian
Adrian rated it 3 of 5 stars
There is a kid name Darren and he is a half of a vampire. I didn't enjoy this book much. This book was very dumb and I didn't like it. Some parts were weird like a vampire sucking on a human blood. So fictional and unrealistic. There are a different species of vampires and they're ugly. They are enemy of the vampires and Darren trying to chase them down.Darren, the protagonist, his mentor, Mr. Crepsley,and a little person named Harkat chase after the Vanpaneze Lord in order to save their clan fr...more
Francisco
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Shelves: 11th-grade
In the 8th book of this series, Darren Shan is caught! Not by the Vampaneze Lord, but by a police officer who sends him back to school. There he meets Debbie and Steve who join in his hunt to find the vampaneze. In this book, there is a lot of curves including the fact that Steve, Darren's friends is a Vampaneze! Darren and Mr.Crepsley encounter themeselves with the vampaneze and quickly becomes a fight between the vampaneze and the hunters. In their battle, Darren is on the verge of killing Ste...more
Michelle. Tsunami.
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Daniel
Allies of the Night
by Darren Shan
Little, Brown Young Readers
224pp.
isbn: 0316106534

Darren Shan meets up with an old friend - Steve. Steve tells him he forgives him about back then and is now on the side of the vampires - hunting the vampaneze. They wind up being trapped and Steve reveals he is a vampaneze himself. He went mad after Crepsley said he had bad blood and couldn't be made vampire. Though, they leave the tunnels with a vampet( a vampaneze assistant a...more
Liana
Liana rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: grade-8-ir-book
This is the eight book to the Cirque Du Freak series. Time is running out and Darren still hasn't tracked down the Vampaneze Lord yet. If he doesn't find him, then the Vampaneze Lord will destroy the world. Darren is accidentally placed in school. Darren doesn't have time to go to school, he has to find the Vampaneze Lord.

I can make a text-to-self connection because sometimes I have to go someplace quickly and I keep getting distracted just like when Darren has to find the Vampanez...more
Sharon Jenni
Accepting responsibility for one's actions seems to be a growing problem in our society. Throughout the series Darren Shan, the hero, has stepped up to the plate and acknowledged his mistakes and poor judgement. However, his childhood friend, Steve, refuses to be responsible for his evil ways and blames others for his crimes. Making mistakes is part of being human, how we deal with mistakes is the crucial part in developing integrity. Darren chooses to trust his best friend and pays a seriou...more
Adzua
Adzua rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: grade-8-ir-books
The book Allies of the night is about a half-vampire named Darren Shan. Evr since he became vampire prince he had to take on alot of responsibilty. NOw that he found that he is the one who has to slay the vampenze lord his life has become busy. Now he has to take on school .Which makes it even more of a challenge.

I can connet this to myself. School is always a hassle for me. I always feel like i am under pressure. Which is what Darren probably feels like. Thats why i can connect myse...more
Saritza
I vacillated between giving this book 4 stars or 3 and since Goodreads doesn't let you give half stars (at least, I haven't figured out how to do so if they do) I chose to give it 3 instead.

Summary: Vampire prince and "vampaneze" killer Darren Shan faces his worst nightmare yet--school--but homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out, and the past is catching up with the hunters fast.


What I liked about this book: Again, ...more
Owen
In this book Darren Mr. Crespley and Vancha go on their quest to find Steve lenord, aka the vampanez lord. Darren is forced to go back to school because of his apperance and he rruns into his ex girlfriend, but the only thing it that she is his teacher. They find out that STeve lenord was the vampanez lord, but he was pretending to be on their side. They have a huge battle between vampires and vampanez.

I can make a text to text connection to this book. I saw the movie daybreakers. It...more
Alvin
Alvin rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: 10th-grade
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Tyshawnsof2014
This book is About a kid vampire name Darren and his vampires friends are out to kill the lord of the enemy clan. Another thing is Darren meets up with a old friend witch he find out is the the lord and had missed a chance to kill him.
I could connect to Darren because i missed a chance to go to my cousin house once, and Darren missed a chance to kill the lord of the enemy clan.
I gave this book a 5 because it had a lot of mind blowing scenes that changed the story and the v...more
Shan
Shan rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: ya
And the girlfriend returns. I must admit that I really don't care much about Debbie but she has changed a whole lot since the last time I had the (doubtful) pleasure to read about her. This whole book was weaker than the last one, but then again, I think it's because of the love interest thing. A few characters returned and some of them were more predictable than others, but oh well. I'm really sad I started reading this saga because of the movie: it spoiled THE UBER!PLOT POINT. On the other had...more
Trisha
Allies of the Night is the eighth book in Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak series. For 600 years, the vampires and their bloodthirsty cousins, the vampaneze, have had peace, but now that the Vampaneze Lord has risen, as prophesied, the war has begun. Darren, Vancha, Crepsley, and Harkat are doing everything they can to kill the Vampaneze Lord and prevent the destruction of both worlds. Their journey brings them back to Crepsley's hometown where once again a vampaneze is terrorizing the population...more
Tina Rae
Tina Rae rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Recommends it for: fans of the series
Recommended to Tina Rae by: Desire' Smith
So far, I think this may be my favorite of the series. Above all, I loved the return of Debbie. I'd often wondered what would happen if Darren met her again later and, well, I guess I got my answer. Even though years had passed and, physically, it seemed as though there were years between them, it seemed as though for them, not a day had passed. And I think that's, perhaps, what I loved most. Debbie had been one of my favorite characters in the last book she appeared in. I'm glad she's back and ...more
Essau Alli
This book is about the continuous series that is about vampires. It is about the vampires gain other people to fight the vampaneze which are other vampires they do not like; their enemies. They gain allies and are very powerful with each other.

I can relate this book to the world because of all the wars America has had and other countries also have gained allies to help them fight their enemies. They needed help to defeat the other side so they called in other people to reinforce the...more
Melissa Darnold
Allies of the Night is the eighth book in the Cirque series. In this novel, the reader is reacquainted with humanity a bit, as the journey delegated by Mr. Tiny concerning Mr. Crepsley, Vancha March, Harkat Mulds and Darren himself, return to Mr. Crepsley's hometown once more. Not only does the reader get a dose of humanity in the compassionate nature of Mr. Crepsley, but the startling humanity is revealed through Darren returning to school. Shan does a lovely job of allowing the reader just a m...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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