Trials of Death will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat - and maybe even holding your stomach. Compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampires assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials.

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. His books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Trials of Death is the second book of a grueling, three-part Darren Shan adventure. Scenes of Darren being gashed with stalactites and savagely burned are gruesome and cool, while the story provides surprises that will make your jaw drop. 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. That is, until he comes face to face with a traitor he thought was his friend.With loads of bone-chilling action and near-death battles, Shan takes Cirque du Freak to an even scarier level in this fifth book. But when the Blooded Boars - his fourth trial - are ready to take his life for good, a surprising rescue by a friend means almost certain execution at the hands of the Vampire Princes. After the boy escapes his first run-in with death in the Aquatic Maze, he faces a bloody journey through the Path of Needles and almost scorches himself in the Hall of Flames. The Hall of Flames and Blooded Boars await Darren Shan - and Cirque du Freak fans - in this fifth installment of the author's popular vampire series.Now that Darren is at Vampire Mountain, he's out to prove himself a worthy vampire by undergoing the five Trials of Death. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampires clan or face the stakes of the Hall of Death.

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