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{{Infobox book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] --> |
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| name = Slawter |
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| image = [[File:Slawtercoveruk.jpg|200px|First Edition Cover]] |
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| caption = Slawter's cover showing a variation of Cadaver |
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| author = [[Darren Shan]] |
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| cover_artist = [[Melvyn Grant]] |
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| country = [[Ireland]] |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| series = [[The Demonata]] series |
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| genre = [[Horror novel|Horror]], [[Fantasy novel]] |
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| publisher = [[HarperCollins]] |
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| release_date = June 5, 2006 |
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]]) |
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| pages = 256 pp (first edition, hardback) |
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| isbn = ISBN 0-316-01387-0 |
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| oclc = 62342695 |
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| preceded_by = [[Demon Thief]] |
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| followed_by = [[Bec (novel)|Bec]] |
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{{plot|date=October 2007}} |
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'''''Slawter''''' is the third book in the [[The Demonata]] series (4th chronologically) written by [[Darren Shan]]. Even though all the Demonata books can be read separately this book follows on from the 1st in the series, ''[[Lord Loss]]'' and the 2nd in the series, ''[[Demon Thief]]''. The protagonist is Grubbs Grady, who was also the protagonist for ''Lord Loss''. |
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==Plot== |
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Grubbs soon finds out that Davida has made a deal with Lord Loss that if she gets Dervish and Grubbs to work on the movie, she can film them live giving her the movie of her life. |
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No one heeds their warnings and Davida sets the Demons upon the unwilling cast and crew, but Lord Loss then betrays her and kills her. |
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Grubbs manages to open a window by killing Gregor but has to battle Lord Loss and Artery. Dervish attacks Lord Loss with the people he helped get through. Bill-E pulls a merely unconscious Juni through. Grubbs then sees that Demons can get through so he creates another barrier that only humans can get through. Grubbs then has to battle multiple demons to buy time for the people here. He realises he has power that he never knew he had, even the power to injure Lord Loss so Dervish can get out. Grubbs then runs out after Dervish and the window closes. An unlucky few are still trapped inside and Lord Loss then slaughters them brutally.He promises to get his revenge on Dervish, Grubbs and Bill-E. They realise that Bo did not make it out of the bubble surrounding Slawter as she went to try to save her father. They then see Davida's assistant director Chuda sitting there and Grubbs almost kills him but Bill-E stops him. Then Juni kills him with magic she never knew she had until fighting in the bubble. Later, they find that Juni has gone, and left a note saying that she had to be alone for a while after what she had done, and didn't want to be contacted. |
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Back at Dervish's house, Dervish tells Grubbs about what his future would be if he did have magic. This causes Grubbs subconscious to hide his magic, even though Dervish said it was impossible. When Dervish scans Grubbs for magic powers he thinks he has none, but in truth, Grubbs had hid them without knowing. Later he decides to check if he did have powers, and managed to switch the light on and off without using the switch and make his reflection disappear. To have the power to conceal his powers from Dervish and to use magic in the real world away from any demons can only mean one thing— Grubbs is a magician. |
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==Trivia== |
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*During the fight with Lord Loss nearing the end, Lord Loss tells Grubbs and Bo the name of the Cockroach demon (Gregor). This is a reference to the short story, ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' by [[Franz Kafka]], in which the main character, Gregor turns into a giant insect. |
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* It is deeply implied that David A. Haym the fictional producer of Slawter, is based on [[David Heyman]] producer for the [[Harry Potter movies]]. [[David Hayman]] is a Scottish film and television actor and director. Both were involved in the making of the movie "[[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas]]". |
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*The novel was originally going to be called ''Demon Town''.<ref>{{cite web|last= Shan|first= Darren|authorlink= Darren Shan|title= Book 6 –- Demon Apocalypse|url=http://darrenshan.com/demons/books/06demonapocalypse.html|accessdate= 2008-05-29}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.darrenshan.com Author's Official Site] |
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{{demonata}} |
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[[Category:2006 novels]] |
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[[Category:The Demonata novels]] |
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[[Category:HarperCollins books]] |
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