Now THIS is an odd one!

I received an email from a fan called Misty a while ago saying "Hi. I just bought BEC and the back of the book is blank. I was just wondering if this is a misprinted book, as I have no others to compare it to."

At first I wasn't sure what Misty was referring to -- I thought she was maybe talking about the last few pages inside the book, which are often blank -- until she sent through a photo and it all became clear. The text from the back of this paperback copy of Bec -- the extract, some review quotes, etc -- is missing. I've included a photo of how it SHOULD look, along with the front cover.

The different colour on the blank back cover makes me suspect this was a later printing of the book, though I've no idea how many copies came off the printing press like Misty's, Maybe there were hundreds or thousands of them -- or maybe there was only one and Misty now owns it! Misprints like this are rare but not unheard of in the book world, and sometimes they can make a copy of a book far more valuable than it otherwise would have been, so I've advised Misty to hold onto her copy rather than take it back for a "correct" one -- just in case she's sitting on a demonic gold mine!!! :-)

There are no blanks in the December issue of the Shanville Monthly, but worry not, it's priceless regardless! You can check it out and ctach up with all the latest Darren Shan news -- including info about my latest Darren Dash release for adults -- by clicking here: https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly/