Cirque Du Freak #1: A Living Nightmare

Cirque Du Freak #1: A Living Nightmare

2008 • 272 pages

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As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.


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9 primary books

#1 in Cirque du Freak

Cirque du Freak is a 9-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Darren Shan.

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Cirque Du Freak #1: A Living Nightmare
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Vampire Mountain
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Trials of Death

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this felt like i was reading a goosebumps book but like...one of the mediocre ones even though i did really like the whole control-a-deadly-spider-with-telepathy-and-a-flute thing and the fact that mr crepsley doesn't give a single hoot about anything. whatta mood

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June 5, 2022

Meh. I didn't hate it, I just didn't like Steve or Darren.

January 8, 2014

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