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Overview

The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to prove himself to the vampires clan - or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats. Sinister, potent forces are gathering in the darkness. In this nightmarish world of bloodshed and betrayal, death may be a blessing...

Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as the the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain.

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The Hall of Flames and Blooded Boars await Darren Shan -- and Cirque du Freak fans -- in this fifth installment of the author's popular vampire series.

Now that Darren is at Vampire Mountain, he's out to prove himself a worthy vampire by undergoing the five Trials of Death. After the boy escapes his first run-in with death in the Aquatic Maze, he faces a bloody journey through the Path of Needles and almost scorches himself in the Hall of Flames. But when the Blooded Boars -- his fourth trial -- are ready to take his life for good, a surprising rescue by a friend means almost certain execution at the hands of the Vampire Princes. That is, until he comes face to face with a traitor he thought was his friend.

With loads of bone-chilling action and near-death battles, Shan takes Cirque du Freak to an even scarier level in this fifth book. Scenes of Darren being gashed with stalactites and savagely burned are gruesome and cool, while the story provides surprises that will make your jaw drop. Trials of Death will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat -- and maybe even holding your stomach. Matt Warner

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The Cirque Du Freak saga continues in a fifth installment, Trials of Death by Darren Shan. Once again the protagonist takes readers into the heart of the vampire world, where he must face the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire-or die trying. The gory tale ends with a "to be continued" teaser and an excerpt from book six. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Darren Shan is back for his fifth adventure. Still inside Vampire Mountain for the conclave of vampires, Darren has agreed to face the vampire trials. He must successfully accomplish five trials or forfeit his life. With assistance from his friends and fellow vampires, Darren navigates the Aquatic Maze and endures the Path of Needles and Hall of Flames. When he is fighting the Blooded Boars, however, Darren receives some unsolicited help, thus failing Darren at his trials and forcing him to face a certain death. Will Darren make his escape? Is this the end of the saga of Darren Shan? Fans of the series will again line up to devour this latest installment of Darren's story. Loads of action and gruesome adventures cram the story of a young man coming to terms with his vampiric nature. Darren begins to grow a bit as a person, a rarity in most serialized characters, making this book as interesting to read as the first installment in the story. Of course, there is plenty of gore to satisfy the bloodthirsty, with the promise of much more to come. There are far too few horror stories to offer middle school and junior high students. This series, although grisly in detail, is still appropriate for the younger fans of the vampire genre. Any chapter would make a riveting read-aloud as they end leaving the reader wondering what will happen next. VOYA Codes: 4Q 5P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Every YA (who reads) was dying to read it yesterday; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2003, Little Brown, 207p,
— Teri Lesesne

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316603959
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date: 4/1/2004
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 41,773
  • Age range: 12 - 14 Years
  • Lexile: 0830L (what's this?)
  • Series: Cirque Du Freak Series, #5
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.28 (h) x 0.64 (d)

Meet the Author

Darren Shan
Darren Shan
"I was born in London in 1972 and moved to Ireland when I was 6 years old, where I've lived ever since. I always wanted to be a writer - I've loved telling stories since I was a child. I started out writing books for adults, and managed to get a couple published. One day, on a whim, I decided to try a book for children. The result was Cirque Du Freak. Much to my surprise, it took off, and I became a de facto children's author! Since then I've used my ill-gotten gains to buy lots of comic-strip art and travel the world. When I'm not working or traveling, I like watching movies.

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Cirque Du Freak

Trials of Death
By Darren Shan

LB Childrens

Copyright © 2001 Darren Shan
All right reserved.
ISBN: 0316603678

Chapter One

I was in the bathroom at school, sitting down on the toilet, humming a song. I had my pants on. I'd come in near the end of English class, feeling sick. My teacher, Mr. Dalton, is great about things like that. He's smart and knows when you're faking and when you're being serious. He took one look at me when I raised my hand and said I was ill, then nodded his head and told me to go to the bathroom.

"Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren," he said, "then get your behind back in here."

I wish every teacher was as understanding as Mr. Dalton.

In the end, I didn't get sick, but still felt queasy, so I stayed on the toilet. I heard the bell ring for the end of class and everybody came rushing out on their lunch break. I wanted to join them but knew Mr. Dalton would be angry if he saw me in the yard so soon. He doesn't get mad if you trick him but he goes quiet and won't speak to you for a while, and that's almost worse than being shouted at.

So, there I was, humming, watching my watch, waiting. Then I heard someone calling my name.

"Darren! Hey, Darren! Have you fallen in or what?"

I grinned. It was Steve Leopard, my best friend. Steve's real last name was Leonard, but everyone called him Steve Leopard. And not just because the names sound alike. Steve used to be what my mom calls "a wild child." He raised hell wherever he went, got into fights, stole from stores. One day - he was still in a stroller - he found a sharp stick and prodded passing women with it (no prizes for guessing where he stuck it!).

He was feared and despised everywhere he went. But not by me. I've been his best friend since kindergarten, when we first met. My mom says I was drawn to his wildness, but I just thought he was a great guy to be with. He had a fierce temper and threw scary tantrums when he lost it, but I simply ran away when that happened and came back again once he'd calmed down.

Steve's reputation had softened over the years - his mom took him to see a lot of good counselors who taught him how to control himself - but he was still a minor legend in the schoolyard and not someone you messed with, even if you were bigger and older than him.

"Hey, Steve," I called back. "I'm in here." I hit the door so he'd know which one I was behind.

He hurried over and I opened the door. He smiled when he saw me sitting down with my pants on. "Did you puke?" he asked.

"No," I said.

"Do you think you're gonna?"

"Maybe," I said. Then I leaned forward all of a sudden and made a sick noise. Bluurgh! But Steve Leopard knew me too well to be fooled.

"Give my boots a polish while you're down there," he said, and laughed when I pretended to spit on his shoes and rub them with a sheet of toilet paper.

"Did I miss anything in class?" I asked, sitting up.

"Nah," he said. "The usual crap."

"Did you do your history homework?" I asked.

"It doesn't have to be done until tomorrow, does it?" he asked, getting worried. Steve's always forgetting about homework.

"The day after tomorrow," I told him.

"Oh," he said, relaxing. "Even better. I thought...." He stopped and frowned. "Hold on," he said. "Today's Thursday. The day after tomorrow would be...."

"Got you!" I yelled, punching him on the shoulder.

"Ow!" he shouted. "That hurt." He rubbed his arm but I could tell he wasn't really hurt. "Are you coming out?" he asked then.

"I thought I'd stay in here and admire the view," I said, leaning back on the toilet seat.

"Quit joking," he said. "We were down five-one when I came in. We're probably six or seven down now. We need you." He was talking about soccer. We play a game every lunchtime. My team normally wins but we'd lost a lot of our best players. Dave Morgan broke his leg. Sam White transferred to another school when his family moved. And Danny Curtain had stopped playing soccer in order to spend lunch hanging out with Sheila Leigh, the girl he likes. Idiot!

I'm our best forward. There are better defenders and midfielders, and Tommy Jones is the best goalkeeper in the whole school. But I'm the only one who can stand up front and score four or five times a day without fail.

"Okay," I said, standing. "I'll save you. I've scored a hat trick every day this week. It would be a pity to stop now."

We passed the older guys-smoking around the sinks as usual-and hurried to my locker so I could change into my cleats. I used to have a great pair, which I won in a writing competition. But the laces snapped a few months ago and the rubber along the sides started to fall off. And then my feet grew! The pair I have now are okay, but they're not the same.

We were down eight-three when I got on the field. It wasn't a real field, just a long stretch of grass with painted goalposts at either end. Whoever painted them was a total idiot. He put the crossbar too high at one end and too low at the other!

"Never fear, Hotshot Shan is here!" I shouted as I ran onto the field. A lot of players laughed or groaned, but I could see my teammates picking up and our opponents growing worried.

I made a great start and scored two goals inside a minute. It looked like we might come back to draw or win. But time ran out. If I'd arrived earlier we'd have been okay, but the bell rang just as I was hitting my stride, so we lost nine-seven.

As we were leaving the field, Alan Morris ran toward us, panting and red-faced. They're my three best friends: Steve Leopard, Tommy Jones, and Alan Morris. We must be the weirdest four people in the whole world, because only one of us-Steve-has a nickname.

"Look what I found!" Alan yelled, waving a soggy piece of paper around under our noses.

"What is it?" Tommy asked, trying to grab it.

"It's-," Alan began, but stopped when Mr. Dalton shouted at us.

"You four! Inside!" he roared.

"We're coming, Mr. Dalton!" Steve roared back. Steve is Mr. Dalton's favorite and gets away with stuff that the rest of us couldn't do. Like when he uses swearwords sometimes in his stories. If I put in some of the words Steve has, I'd have been kicked out long ago.

But Mr. Dalton has a soft spot for Steve, because he's special. Sometimes he's brilliant in class and gets everything right, while other times he can't even spell his own name. Mr. Dalton says he's somewhat of an idiot savant, which mean he's a stupid genius!

Anyway, even though he's Mr. Dalton's pet, not even Steve can get away with showing up late for class. So whatever Alan had, it would have to wait. We trudged back to class, sweaty and tired after the game, and began our next lesson.

Little did I know that Alan's mysterious piece of paper was to change my life forever. For the worse!

(Continues...)


Excerpted from Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan Copyright © 2001 by Darren Shan
Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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  • Posted November 30, 2011

    an actually good vampire book.

    The Trials of Death by Darren Shan is a really good book. It is action packed, and suspense filled. It follows the story of a half vampire named Darren who is trying to earn good standing amongst his fellow vampire clan members and doing so will earn him a sizable amount of respect from the other vampires. It is a very good book and I reacomend to anyone who likes vampires.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 19, 2012

    OMG

    I saw this coming when i heard kurda likes map making. CANT WAIT TO READ NEXT ONE (when my parents give enough money to buy the next one) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 4, 2012

    MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    Mmmmmmk lol

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 2, 2012

    Trials of Deaath awesomww

    Great read truly a great read.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Abel

    Hmm..

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 1, 2012

    is this book worth it

    Iv read the others is it good to buy

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 2011

    Epic ending

    (-;

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 1, 2011

    LonerClan territory

    Interest.

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  • Posted October 2, 2011

    M.H

    If you enjoying action packed books with a little mystery then this is the book for you. This book is a real page turner, this book cannot be put down .In this book a half vampire named Darren Shan has to preform 5 trials that are very dangerous. Many die from doing these trials but if Darren wants to prove himself he has to achieve all 5.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Lilo

    I sense bad angels...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2012

    JULIE TO EVERYONE IN DUSK!!!!!

    ITS JADEN SMITH!!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 3, 2011

    Awesome

    Darren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Posted September 24, 2011

    Help me choose!!!

    Whitch book should i get from this series PLEASE ANSEWER ABOVE!!!

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  • Posted June 8, 2011

    AMAZING%5E.%5E

    This+series+is+the+best+ive+ever+read%21%21%21+READ+IT%3C33333

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  • Posted June 14, 2011

    great book

    Book five of the cirque da freak series is the absolute most intense. It is really action packed. This book shows friendship. This might be my most favorite or my second most favorite the reason why is because i like books with action i can picture it really easy in my head other books that are slow and dont have action and intense moments in it i cant picture it in my head very good. Another book that has some action in it is book 8. If you looking for entertaining and high action book then book five is a good book for you.

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  • Posted April 19, 2011

    great experience

    i thought this was the best book ive read in a long time

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 10, 2011

    cool

    a great sieries of book but at some points i thought it could have been more exiting

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  • Posted February 9, 2011

    Amazing!

    this book is downright awsome its mysterious and it keeps me going read it if uou love vampires!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 15, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    cirque du freak series #5

    this book is a fun but not very fast paced book. it kept me on the edge of my seatthoughbut if you havent read the ist 4 books you may bet a little lost. it tells you some important details but you will get confused in later books. i sugest theat you get this series as a fun read not as something to do for a project or something. this particular book is a very exciting book. it keeps you wanting to read more. i hope you will enjoy this book the way i have.

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  • Posted May 6, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    The series is awsome.

    This a thrilling book that is action and funny and in some cases scary.
    This book is for anyone who likes vampires.(or if youo saw the vampire assistant movie)!!!!!!!

    With seeing the movie first every thing was very vivid and clear like watchin a movie which isnt even out yet!!

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