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Trials of Death (The Saga of Darren Shan #5)
by
Darren Shan
The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampires clan - or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats. Sinister, potent forces are gathering in the darkness. In this nightmarish world of bloodshed and betrayal, death may be a blessin...more
Mass Market Paperback, 202 pages
Published
April 1st 2004
by Little, Brown Young Readers
(first published October 1st 2001)
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Apr 07, 2009
Georgia
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The Cirque Du Freak series gets freakier and freakier as each novel unravels. Haven’t you ever wondered how a child becomes a vampire? In this book, we are in this scenario where Darren tries to become a vampire. His fate rests in the trials. If he fails any of the five trials, he is banished.
In this book, Darren and Mr. Creepsly travel to a mountain full of an abundance of caves. Within these caves lie many vampires both here for the trial and the festival. As Darren finishes two of his stages...more
In this book, Darren and Mr. Creepsly travel to a mountain full of an abundance of caves. Within these caves lie many vampires both here for the trial and the festival. As Darren finishes two of his stages...more
this was a good boob its about a boy named Darren Shan and he is half vampire and half human. he needs to pass five scary trials to prove that he can be into the vampire clan. if he fails he is going to need to go to the halls of death. where you have no choice but to die. the only problem is that vampire mountain has hidden threats. a lot of people come to watch. in this nightmare world of blood and horror and betrayal the best thing may be to die. but he passes and he is finally excepted in t...more
This is the fifth book of the Cirque Du Freak series. In this book Darren is a half vampire but everyone looks down at him because he is only half of what they are. To be reconized as a full vampire, he needs to endure 5 deadly trials. These are known as the Trials of Initiation, but in Darren's case, it is the Trials of Death because he is a half vampire and does not have features of a full vampire such as cut healing saliva. Darren faces the water maze trial which he needs to carry a heavy ro...more
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When we last left Darren, he was told that he would have to complete five deadly trials to prove himself a worthy vampire. Not only are the trials themselves deadly, but if Darren fails in any way besides death, he will be executed. It is actually after one of these trials that Darren learns about a treacherous plot that involves the vampaneze.
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This book was filled with action and kept me turning the page (especially near the end). Darren's trials were interesting and even t...more
When we last left Darren, he was told that he would have to complete five deadly trials to prove himself a worthy vampire. Not only are the trials themselves deadly, but if Darren fails in any way besides death, he will be executed. It is actually after one of these trials that Darren learns about a treacherous plot that involves the vampaneze.
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This book was filled with action and kept me turning the page (especially near the end). Darren's trials were interesting and even t...more
When Larten Crepsley blooded Darren Shan he knew that eventually he would have to present him at the council at Vampire Mountain. He would have to explain why he broke their laws regarding children being bled as well as why he waited until the meeting, held every twelve years, to present Darren to the Vampire Generals and Princes. Little did either of them know that Darren would be put in a very precarious situation, mostly by his own words and his enormous sense of pride. In ”Vampire Mountain”...more
Trials of Death by Darren Shan is one of my favorite out of the series. It is filled with action and specially suspense. The book is about Darren Shan having to face the Trials of Death to prove that he is a worthy vampire to everyone in Vampire Mountain. Darren Shan is only a half vampire so it was more difficult for him because he didn't have the full ability of a full vampire. Failing the Trials of Death means death in any means and there is no backing out for Darren Shan. Darren Shan learns...more
Darren Shan und die Prüfungen der Finsternis! schließt nahtlos an den Vorgängerband Der Berg der Vampire an. Nur wenige Stunden sind vergangen. Das Vampirkonzil hat beschlossen, dass sich Darren 5 Prüfungen stellen muss, um zu beweisen, dass er es Wert ist in die Vampirgemeinschaft aufgenommen zu werden. Leider haben diese Prüfungen einen Hacken. Normalerweise absolvieren vollwertige Vampire sie, um Obervampire zu werden oder Respekt zu erlangen und ein Versagen bedeutet den Tod. Darren ist aber...more
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In 1 part of the book darren has to go threw trials of death to see if he is a 100% full vampire and not just half of a vampire. The 1st trial if a water maze. Darren almost died in the water maze because he couldnt find the door with a X on it so he could escape the maze and move on. He kept on seeing doors with an X on it but when he would swim to the door there would be no x on the door. just when he was about to runout of oxygen he saw a door with an X on it and he swamed to it and he though...more
Nov 18, 2009
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The main character, Darren Shan takes part in the Trials of Initiation. The trials are a series of tasks that vampires used to have to do to prove themselves to the Princes. Now it is only used for vampires who want to become a general or that want to show their strength, but Darren Shan has to endure the trials because Mr. Crepsley said so and Darren chooses to stand up for his mentor and friend.
Darren must randomly choose five numbered stones from a bag to determine the trials he must take par...more
Darren must randomly choose five numbered stones from a bag to determine the trials he must take par...more
This is the fifth book of the Cirque Du Freak series. In this book Darren is a half vampire but everyone looks down at him because he is only half of what they are. To be reconized as a full vampire, he needs to endure 5 deadly trials. These are known as the Trials of Initiation, but in Darren's case, it is the Trials of Death because he is a half vampire and does not have features of a full vampire such as cut healing saliva. Darren faces the water maze trial which he needs to carry a heavy ro...more
Nov 25, 2008
David Sof 2014
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People Who Loves Vampires
Shelves:
7th-grade-ir-books-stacy
Setting: Vampire mountian is mainly the setting where it takes place inside is dark,rainy and spooky.
Main characthers: Darren Shan is age 13 and is impatience he is always in every scene basically.
Harket Mulds is the kind unknowed aged little person (Demon)he always stays with Darren to figure out his past.
Darren Shan:Personality nice and impatience to all people around at the beginnning he was afraid to drink human blood and dranked animal blood he was scared and thinks itas wrong to sucks ones...more
Main characthers: Darren Shan is age 13 and is impatience he is always in every scene basically.
Harket Mulds is the kind unknowed aged little person (Demon)he always stays with Darren to figure out his past.
Darren Shan:Personality nice and impatience to all people around at the beginnning he was afraid to drink human blood and dranked animal blood he was scared and thinks itas wrong to sucks ones...more
Trials of Death is probably my favorite book out of the twelve book series. Each page is filled with action and it makes you keep reading until you finish it. Trials of Death is about a boy named Darren Shan who has to do the Trials of Death or he will face his death and also to prove to the vampires at Vampire Mountain that he is a worthy vampire. Darren has to do five trials that can kill him. The five trials involve finding a way out of a water maze, being burned, fighting animals that are bl...more
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Trials of death is the 5th part of the series written by Darran Shan. In this book hakrat is envloled in a huge way when he saved darran from what may be a painfull death in the 4th trail. Mr crepsly doesnt play much of a role in this because he is doing other things but stays with darran to make sure his trails are going well and he is staying healthy. Arra sails helps Darran in this book to train for some of the trails and so does the one eyed games master, if it wasn't for the help of these g...more
Trails of Death
By: Darren Shan
ISBN: 0316000957
224 Pages
Publisher: Little Brown Young Readers
2005
Darren Shan takes his chances and starts his trails to become a vampire. Does he succeed, or does he have to face death? Darren Shan tries to survive and become a vampire. Will he survive? You would have to read this great book in order to find out. Darren Shan has once again written an amazing book. Darren is more creative than ever. He is, once again, doing a great job with the description.
Darre...more
By: Darren Shan
ISBN: 0316000957
224 Pages
Publisher: Little Brown Young Readers
2005
Darren Shan takes his chances and starts his trails to become a vampire. Does he succeed, or does he have to face death? Darren Shan tries to survive and become a vampire. Will he survive? You would have to read this great book in order to find out. Darren Shan has once again written an amazing book. Darren is more creative than ever. He is, once again, doing a great job with the description.
Darre...more
Feb 28, 2013
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I chose Trials of Death because i wanted to start reading the Cirque Du Freak books, but i wasn't paying attention to the book number. It is about boy named Darren Shan who is a half-vampire and he has to go through 17 out of 60+ trials to prove he is worthy of blooding. If he passes all of them, he is accepted into a vampire rank; but if he fails, it means certain death. Lucky for him, the Festival of the Undead is taking place at the same time, giving him extra time to rest. My favorite quote...more
I was gonna give it 3 stars but then the ending made me change my mind. It is a 0.5 addition to the 'original' rating so in total I'd love to give it 3.5 stars :)
Now the set of trials for Darren is coming.. The first three tests were pretty tense but I think he got away with it because he had lots of luck (in addition to being a fast learner). But then there was this wild boars test and although it seemed like he didn't have any chance I thought he was going to nail it somehow. So I didn't see t...more
Now the set of trials for Darren is coming.. The first three tests were pretty tense but I think he got away with it because he had lots of luck (in addition to being a fast learner). But then there was this wild boars test and although it seemed like he didn't have any chance I thought he was going to nail it somehow. So I didn't see t...more
This book is amazing. it really showed the reader how much the vampire's cared about tradition and respect and pride. i was kind pf scared for Darran when he found out that he had to take the trials of death or he would be looked down upon by the other vampires. the trials where really deadly and he nearly died in every trial, but with the luck of the vampires, he survived each trial he had to deal with.
The trials can relate to the outside world in many was. one way is that, when a man was tryin...more
The trials can relate to the outside world in many was. one way is that, when a man was tryin...more
This is a very interesting book. It is about Darren Shan, vampire, that risk his life in a series of trials to prove himself worthy toward the vampire prince. In the 1st trial, he is trapped in a maze with water that fills the room, dragging a stone that weighs half his weight, with no escape; no way out. He has to make it out before he drowns to death. In the second trial Darren must complete is The Path of Needles, a barefoot journey through one of the mountains many caverns littered with stal...more
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In Cirque Du Freak Trials Of death, Daren has to go through five trails to prove himself worthy to the vampire clan and if he does not complete the task he faces death! The main characters in this book are mostly Darren because most of the book is mostly about him. Book 5 is good because you learn more about the vampaneze which are the vampires arch enemies.
I can definatly connect this book to the hunger games because in the hunger games the players have to face death just like Darren. I can...more
I can definatly connect this book to the hunger games because in the hunger games the players have to face death just like Darren. I can...more
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Trials of Death
by Darren Shan
Little, Brown Young Readers
224pp.
isbn: 0316000957
Darren Shan has to pick out four trials at random to pass. The trials will be hard and will take a lot of training. Darren passes three of the four trials. He is saved by a little friend in the fourth. Therefore since that was illegal, he will be sentenced to death. Darren is persuaded to run away. While he does he see oh... about 42 vampaneze along the way. What will he do?
Darren always finds a way to draw the reader...more
by Darren Shan
Little, Brown Young Readers
224pp.
isbn: 0316000957
Darren Shan has to pick out four trials at random to pass. The trials will be hard and will take a lot of training. Darren passes three of the four trials. He is saved by a little friend in the fourth. Therefore since that was illegal, he will be sentenced to death. Darren is persuaded to run away. While he does he see oh... about 42 vampaneze along the way. What will he do?
Darren always finds a way to draw the reader...more
This is probably the first book in the whole series that I really enjoyed. I liked the other books in the series, but this one actually captured and held my attention, making me want to read the book. I'm going to make a prediction here: (This is a *slight* spoiler, so don't read this next sentence if you haven't read the book yet! Ye hath been warned.) Kurda is the Vampaneeze Lord!
Am I right? Oooh DON'T tell me if I am! I hate book spoilers. But, considering some of the things that happened in...more
Am I right? Oooh DON'T tell me if I am! I hate book spoilers. But, considering some of the things that happened in...more
In book five Darren must face the Trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. He must pass five fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire clan - or else face the stakes of the Hall of Death.As with previous books in the series you will be turning pages quickly to learn more about the Trials and the dangers that await young Darren. Word of warning though, some of the Trials are pretty stomach-turning, this book is not for the those easily scared.
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Po predošlej časti som bola na túto veľmi zvedavá, nakoľko to konečne vyzeralo, že sa začne niečo diať. A veruže kniha splnila moje očakávania, dokonca myslím, že ešte ich aj mierne prekonala. Neodohrávalo sa tam nič extra hrozné, zato nervy mi išlo v niektorých momentoch priam roztrhať.
V tejto časti je Darren nútený vykonať skúšky smrti, aby dokázal, že je skutočne hodný stať sa právoplatným upírom a taktiež aby očistil seba aj pána Hroozleyho, ktorý ho premenil aj napriek jeho mladému veku a t...more
V tejto časti je Darren nútený vykonať skúšky smrti, aby dokázal, že je skutočne hodný stať sa právoplatným upírom a taktiež aby očistil seba aj pána Hroozleyho, ktorý ho premenil aj napriek jeho mladému veku a 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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