The
tenth in
the
Cirque
Du Freak
series,
The Lake
of Souls,
sent
Darren
and
Harkat
on a
strange
quest
into a
future
wasteworld,
with
puzzles
to solve
and
items to
collect.
Number
eleven,
Lord of
the
Shadows,
takes
the duo
back
(two
years
later)
to
Darren's
roots -
in
Cirque
du Freak
and his
hometown
all at
once.
Darren
has
repeated
nightmares
of the
devastation
that is
to come
unless
he and
his
companions
can
avert it
- but
what
horrifies
him most
is that
the face
of
ultimate
evil
alternates
between
that of
his old
friend
and
nemesis
Steve
Leopard
- and
his own
visage.
Now, he
and
Harkat
are back
traveling
with the
Cirque
Du
Freak,
and
celebrating
the
birthday
of
Evra's
son
Shancus.
And the
Cirque
is
opening
in
Darren's
hometown,
which
gives
him a
dilemma.
Should
he let
his
family
know
that
he's
alive or
not?
They did
bury
him,
after
all.
Darren
finds
out that
his
parents
have
moved
away,
and that
his
sister
Annie
has a
son. He
meets an
old
friend,
Tommy,
now
superstar
captain
of the
national
soccer
team. A
strange
boy
named
Darius
shows up
and
Darren
gives
him a
tour of
the
Cirque.
Darren
is
wounded
in a
violent
encounter
with the
vampaneze
and
helped
by old
friends
who now
lead a
force of
human
vampirites.
The
purge
begins
his
final
transformation
to 'a
true,
night-hugging,
sunlight-fearing
creature
of the
dark.'
Readers
learn
that the
identity
of the
Lord
of the
Shadows
will be
determined
in the
next
twenty-four
hours.
People
close to
Darren
die,
releasing
his rage
for
revenge.
Evanna
tells
him he
has two
choices
- 'either
death at
Steve's
hand, or
a rise
to
infamy
as the
Lord of
the
Shadows'.
Then he
comes
full
circle
and
confronts
Steve in
the
place
where
the saga
began.
What
choice
will
Darren
make?
The
stage is
set for
a
shocker
of a
finale
in
Sons
of
Destiny.
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