Book 6 of The Saga Of Darren Shan. A close friend butchered. A shocking secret revealed. The vampire clan under threat of extinction.

Only one ally of the clan knows the whole truth. Only one humble half-vampire can prevent an all-out catastrophe. But rather than surrendur to a two-faced...
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  • Ellie Jay Books

    Ellie Jay Books | 30 September 2014

    Time for the next 3 books! It's taking me far longer than I would've liked to get through these considering how short they are but oh well. Again there will be plot spoilers. I'm sorry but doing...

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  • Fantasy Literature

    Fantasy Literature | 26 February 2014

    In the previous book, Trials of Death, author Darren Shan left us on a cliffhanger and I’m pretty sure that most readers will be running out to pick up this book, The Vampire Prince, no matter...

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  • Mugglenet.com

    Mugglenet.com | 08 April 2013

    Book 6 of “The Saga of Darren Shan,” also known in some markets as the “Cirque du Freak” series, begins where the previous book left young half-vampire Darren—in a damp, dark place deep within...

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  • The Vampire Prince (Wigglefish USA)

    wigglefish.com | 27 April 2010
    Darren Shan's adventure at Vampire Mountain continues in this third of a three-part installment in the saga of the young half-vampire.In the last book, Darren was subjected to the Rites of...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Umonhon Library USA)

    Umonhon Library (USA) | 27 April 2010
    The Vampire Prince tells about an act of treachery commited by one of the most respected and trusted in the vampire clan. This is irony at it's best. Irony is an unexpected twist in the story....
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  • The Vampire Prince (School LIbrary Journal USA)

    School Library Journal (USA) | 27 April 2010
    As this sixth volume in the series opens, Darren Shan is surviving a near drowning and struggling to return to Vampire Mountain in order to warn the others of the secret plan to invite the...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Kids’ Turn Central USA)

    kidsturncentral.com | 01 September 2003

    "I hated myself for what I had done. I wanted to turn and run, get far away and pretend this never happend. I felt cheap, dirty, nasty. I tried consoling myself with the thought that I'd done the...

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  • The Vampire Prince (Kids Reads USA)

    kidsreads.com | 27 April 2010
    Trust authority. Trust tradition. Trust the wisdom of the older vampires. Darren Shan knows he is supposed to follow these lessons, but in his current position, caught in a violent tide coursing...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Kids Bookshelf USA)

    kidsbookshelf.com | 27 April 2010
    The saga of Darren Shan continues, but this time the stakes are much higher, and the results are deadly. In book 5 Darren discovered a traitor in the vampire clan, and watched a friend be murdered...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Goldcreek School Australia)

    goldcreek.act.edu.au | 27 April 2010
    The Vampire Prince is the sixth book in The Saga Of Darren Shan written by Darren Shan.The book starts with young Darren being hurtled down Vampire Mountain in the raging waters of the Vampire...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Epinions USA)

    epinions.com | 01 August 2005
    The Death of One Prince Makes Way For The Appointing of Another .... Aug 01 '05 (Updated Aug 08 '05)Author's Product Rating Product Rating: 5.0Pros Wow, what an incredible ending - you will...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Children’s Literature USA)

    Children's Literature (USA) | 27 April 2010
    An enthusiastic blurb from J.K. Rowling should give this book, the sixth in Darren Shan's "Saga of Darren Shan" series, a big boost at the bookstores. Frankly, it needs all the help it can get....
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  • The Vampire Prince (Bookloons USA)

    bookloons.com | 27 April 2010
    The Vampire Prince concludes a three-part adventure for Darren Shan that began with Vampire Mountain and continued in Trials of Death. Darren was introduced to the community of vampires on...
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  • The Vampire Prince (Barnes and Noble USA)

    barnesandnoble.com | 01 August 2004

    Half vampire Darren Shan is caught between the warring worlds of the Vampires and the Vampireze -- and comes out remarkably transformed, in this sixth spellbinding volume of Cirque du Freak....

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