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Birth of a Killer

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By Darren Shan

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Oct 5, 2010
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780316129145

Price

$8.99

Format

  1. Trade Paperback

Format:

  1. ebook $8.99
  2. Trade Paperback $15.99

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The highly anticipated prequel to the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series!



Before Cirque Du Freak…

Before the war with the vampaneze…

Before he was a vampire.



Larten Crepsley was a boy.



As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his job well and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed his brother as an example to the other children.



In that moment, young Larten flies into a rage that the foreman wouldn’t survive. Forced on the run, he sleeps in crypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Seba offers him protection and training as a vampire’s assistant, Larten takes it.



This is his story.

Genre:

  • Teen & Young Adult
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Action & Adventure
  • General

Series:

  • The Saga of Larten Crepsley

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Darren Shan

About the Author

Darren Shan is the bestselling author of the young adult series Cirque Du Freak, The Demonata, and the Saga of Larten Crepsley series, as well as the stand-alone book The Thin Executioner. His books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Shan divides his time between his homes in Ireland and London.

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley

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