![]() ![]() She was shopping, the kid was asleep in the back seat of her car, and I was sitting up front with nothing to read, having forgotten to bring a book with me. I was looking after one of my aunt’s children. Author Notes:It was published in January 2000 - the perfect way to mark the start of the new millennium! - but I had the idea for “Cirque Du Freak” on May 8th, 1997. Their lives will never be the same again. ![]() Later, in a moment of insane daring, Darren sets out to steal the vampire's magnificent performing tarantula, an act which will have severe, tragic consequences for both Darren and Steve. Steve remains after the show finishes, to confront the vampire - but his motives are anything but ordinary! In the shadows of a crumbling theatre, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. ![]() ![]() In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognises that one of the performers - Mr Crepsley - is in fact a vampire! Plot Outline:Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers as Hans Hands, Gertha Teeth, the Wolf Man and Rhamus Twobellies. ![]()
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