It's to the author's credit that despite their deformities, strange abilities, and offbeat appearances, most of the oddball characters who populate the Cirque Du Freak come across as refreshingly self-reliant, confident,. His heroism and self-sacrifice - all done in the name of friendship - garner results that are both tragic and rewarding. As events unfold with the same sense of inevitability as the rising and setting sun, Darren is once again torn between his own needs and those of the others around him. In an effort to regain some semblance of his old life, Darren also befriends two outsiders, normal human beings whose well-intentioned actions will eventually lead to tragic results. Among the oddball characters who comprise the show's performers, Darren finally makes some friends, most of whom are as weird or weirder than he is. Crepsley, makes the decision to rejoin the traveling freak show. Darren's dilemma is a tough one: Drink the blood of a fellow human - an act that will cost him the few remaining shreds of his humanity - or die.įeeling lost, lonely, and at odds with himself, Darren is delighted when his vampiric mentor, Mr. Shan's protagonist, who bears the same name as the author, is one of the most complex and innovative characters ever to see the light of day - a freedom he may soon lose if he gives in to his craving for human blood and becomes a full vampire rather than a mere half-blood. Darren Shan continues the saga of a teenage boy who gets unwittingly drawn into a world of vampires, werewolves, and other freaky creatures with this second installment in his innovative Cirque Du Freak series.

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