Look what got delivered to my doorstep this morning -- my author copies of Volume 4 of the Cirque Du Freak manga omnibus!!! Yay!!!!!!

This green-haired little beauty, which collects books 7 and 8 of the series, is due to hit bookshelves around the world on November 9th -- it's published in the USA, by Yen Press, but should be available in shops in all other countries where English language manga are stocked. If you don't see it on the shelves of your local manga supplier after November 9th, ask a member of staff to order in a copy for you.

I had a quick look through Volume 4 when it arrived, and there's so much in here that's key to the entire second half of the series -- the first appearances of Vancha and Evanna... the return of some old faces from the first three books... not to mention the revelation of how Mr Crepsley picked up his infamous facial scar!!! The memories came flooding back as I was flicking through the pages -- happy, happy times.

If you live in the USA and would like to pre-order Volume 4, there are some handy direct buying links on the Yen Press site, where you can also buy the earlier volumes in the series if you haven't yet added them to your collection -- I'll just quickly point out (as it's a bit confusing) that if you want to buy the volumes as eBooks, they've been issued as individual books, not as omnibus collections, i.e. the Volume 1 eBook is JUST book 1, Volume 2 is book 2, etc. https://yenpress.com/9781975321628/cirque-du-freak-the-manga-vol-4/

I'll provide some other direct links via my monthly newsletter once the book goes on sale -- in the meantime, if you want to catch up on all the latest Darren Shan news, and enter an exciting COMPETITION that I'm running this month, click here: https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly/