The Demonata
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| Lord Loss Demon Thief Slawter Bec Blood Beast Demon Apocalypse Death's Shadow Wolf Island Dark Calling Hell's Heroes | |
| Author | Darren Shan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror and fantasy |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Published | 2005 – present |
| Preceded by | The Saga of Darren Shan |
| Followed by | Futures books |
The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons (as opposed to his other series, The Saga of Darren Shan, which involves vampires). The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the latter of which is the first female protagonist in a Darren Shan book. The series contains ten books. Harper Collins Audio have also released the unabridged CD recordings of the books, read by Rupert Degas and Lorraine Pilkington.
The Books
Released
Cover illustration copyright Melvyn Grant
- Lord Loss - June 6, 2005 (October 5, 2005 in the US)
- Demon Thief - October 5, 2005 (June 7, 2006 in the US)
- Slawter - June 1, 2006 (November 1, 2006 in the US)
- Bec - October 2, 2006 (May 1, 2007 in the US)
- Blood Beast - June, 2007 (November 1, 2007 in the US)
- Demon Apocalypse - October, 2007 (May 1, 2008 in the US)
- Death's Shadow - May, 2008 (November 1, 2008 in the US)ko
- Wolf Island - October 1, 2008 (May 1, 2009 in the US)
- Dark Calling - May 1, 2009 (October 2009 in US)
- Hell's Heroes [1] - 1 October 2009 (May 2010 in the US)
Chronological Order
- Bec (Between 351 AD and 400 AD, during ancient Ireland's conversion from Paganism to Christianity, about 1600 years before Demon Thief)
- Demon Thief (Mid 1970s, about 30 years before Lord Loss)
- Lord Loss (Early 21st century)
- Slawter (Fourteen months after the end of Lord Loss)
- Blood Beast (About a year after Slawter)
- Demon Apocalypse (Directly following Blood Beast)
- Death's Shadow (Six months after Demon Apocalypse)
- Wolf Island (Roughly parallel to Death's Shadow)
- Dark Calling (Roughly parallel to Wolf Island)
- Hell's Heroes (Directly after Dark Calling)
Narrators
Darren Shan stated there is a pattern to the narrations and "you'll guess who's narrating the others."
The pattern is for 5 books then once the 6th book begins it is completely opposite by mirror reflection
| Name of Book | Narrator |
|---|---|
| Lord Loss | Grubbs |
| Demon Thief | Kernel |
| Slawter | Grubbs |
| Bec | Bec |
| Blood Beast | Grubbs |
| Demon Apocalypse | Grubbs |
| Death's Shadow | Bec |
| Wolf Island | Grubbs |
| Dark Calling | Kernel |
| Hell's Heroes | Grubbs |
Plot
The series centers around three protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck and Bec MacConn. Although they meet each other at various points, they are from separate times; Grubbs lives in the present day, Kernel in the 1970s and Bec in around 350AD. The books detail their fight against the evil demon master Lord Loss, his many demon companions and the mysterious Shadow, who promises to destroy the human universe and to even stop death. Together with The Disciples, the main characters thwart the Demonata's attempts at world domination multiple times.
Lord Loss was originally a poem written by Darren Shan, found in the front of Lord Loss. The story of Lord Loss and the Demonata came to Darren while he was working on The Saga. He wrote the book and left it alone until the Saga was finished. At first he had no idea it would be a series but then he wrote Bec, Blood Beast, and Demon Apocalypse. He felt that he needed another book to describe how Grubbs' magical power developed. So the idea for Slawter was born. At that time there was no Demon Thief, so he wrote another book to explain how it would be such a big deal when Kernel lost his eyes.
At the end of the sixth book, the protagonists have a glimpse of the red demon that is leading the other demons. It looked like a black shadow with tentacles and, having no known name for it, they nicknamed the monster "The Shadow". It is confirmed in the seventh book that The Shadow is none other than Death itself, created in consciousness by Bec defying death and embodies by dead souls.
Waterstones teamed up with Darren Shan and held a very difficult, yet puzzling competition to create a new demon for the ninth book of the series, "Dark Calling". The winner created the Sligstata, which are featured on the front cover of the book.
The series ends with Hells Heroes.
References
- ^ "Shanville Monthly December 2008". Retrieved 2008-12-01.
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