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fast paced and compelling, full of satisfying macabre touches Cirque du Freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also, movingly, the obligations of friendship J. K. RowlingTHE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 1Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. Its the wonderfully gothic Cirque du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren a spider freak falls in love with Madam Octa an enormous tarantala owned by the circus proprietor. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horrible wrong. The spider bites his best mate and Darren has to sell his soul to an evil vampire to get the antidote.Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of childrens normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and terrifying.
fast paced and compelling, full of satisfying macabre touches Cirque du Freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also, movingly, the obligations of friendship J. K. RowlingTHE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 1Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. Its the wonderfully gothic Cirque du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren a spider freak falls in love with Madam Octa an enormous tarantala owned by the circus proprietor. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can... Read More