Darren
Shan’s
Sons
of
Destiny
is the
final
chapter
in the
Cirque
du Freak
series.
The
Cirque
du Freak
series
is one
of the
most
deliciously
ghoulish
storylines
The
Crowgrrl
has had
a chance
to sink
my fangs
into!
It’s
incredibly
addictive,
from the
very
first
entry
into the
series,
Cirque
du
Freak: A
Living
Nightmare.
A new
reader
can
start
anywhere
in the
series –
each
book can
stand on
its own,
and
gives a
synopsis
of what
went
before.
(But
trust
me,
readers,
if you
do that,
you’ll
be
backtracking
for the
earlier
books in
the
series.
As I
said,
they’re
addictive!)
The
Vampires
are
currently
in a
deadly
war
known as
The War
of the
Scars
with
their
vicious
cousins,
the
Vampaneze,
and if
the
latter
win, the
race of
Vampires
will be
destroyed.
Darren –
a
Vampire
Prince –
comes
closer
to a
final,
deadly
showdown
with his
nemesis,
the
Vampaneze
Lord
Steve
Leonard.
Orchestrated
by a
sinister
agent of
chaos,
Desmond
Tiny,
the War
of the
Scars
would
yield
one
leader
of the
two
races,
but that
leader
is
destined
to
become
the Lord
of
Shadows,
who will
plunge
the
world
into a
post-apocalyptic
nightmare
era. So,
Darren
is
damned
if he
wins,
and dead
if he
doesn’t.
But like
Pandora’s
box, is
there
yet a
miniscule
glimmer
of hope?
Is there
the
slightest
of
chances
of
thwarting
destiny
itself?
The
story
picks up
from the
previous
tome,
where
Steve
had just
murdered
Shancus,
the
young
son of
snake
man Evra
Von (one
of
Darren’s
closest
friends).
In a
rage,
Darren
was
going to
do the
same to
Steve’s
son
Darius –
only to
find out
that
Darius
is his
own
nephew!
Through
Darius,
Darren
is
reunited
with his
sister
who
thought
him dead
since
the
fateful
night he
was
turned
into a
Vampire’s
Assistant
and
joined
the
Cirque
du
Freak.
The
stage
for the
final
showdown
is set
at a
stadium,
where
Steve is
holding
all the
Cirque
du Freak
performers
hostage.
This is
obviously
a baited
trap to
ensnare
Darren.
But with
staunch
supporters/warriors
by his
side,
Darren
accepts
the
thrown
down
gauntlet,
intent
on
saving
the
performers
and
going
mano-a-mano
up
against
Steve.
In a
way, I’m
sad to
see this
enthralling
storyline
end. But
this is
indeed a
stunning
and
fitting
end to
this
journey.
And
luckily,
Darren
has
turned
ins
literary
talents
to
another
equally
engrossing
and
Hellish
storyline,
The
Demonata.
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