- Vampire Mountain
"Vampire Mountain" is the fourth book of
The Saga of Darren Shan byDarren Shan . It was first published byHarper Collins in2001 . It was also published as part of the "Vampire Rites " trilogy.Infobox Book |
name = Vampire Mountain
image_caption = New UK Cover for Vampire Mountain
author =Darren Shan
country =United Kingdom
language = English
series =The Saga of Darren Shan
genre = Young adult,Horror novel
publisher =Little, Brown
release_date = Required
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = Required
isbn = ISBN Required
preceded_by =Tunnels of Blood
followed_by =Trials of Death Plot summary
Darren Shan, along with Mr. Crepsley, leaves the Cirque Du Freak and head toward the Vampire Mountain to present Darren to the Vampire Princes. The gathering at Vampire Mountain by the
vampire clan is an event that occurs every 12-18 years. Before they leave, Mr. Tiny talks to Mr. Crepsley and coerces him into taking two of the Little People along as guardians of Darren.On the journey, Darren Shan, two of the Little People (including Harkat Mulds, once known as Lefty), and Mr. Crepsley meet Crepsley's old friend, Gavner Purl (a Vampire General introduced in the previous book) in a way station. The way station is a place where vampires rest while ascending the treacherous mountain, where Darren and Mr. Crepsley see two broken coffins and vampire blood. Here Gavner Purl jokingly tries to kidnap Darren in the waystation and surprise the party. Mr. Crepsley, alert and unknowing of the man's identity cuts off Gavner's hand before realizing it is him.
Darren also has a fight with a bear infected with vampaneze blood and encounters a pack of wolves (cousins of the vampires) who help him in the battle.
After a long and difficult journey, the vampires and half-vampire Darren finally arrive at Vampire Mountain. There Darren first encounters Arra Sails, Mr. Crepsley's former "mate", one-eyed Vanez Blane, a fighting coach for Vampire Generals. Seba Niles, Mr Crepsley's old friend and quarter master of vampire mountain, and good natured Kurda Smahlt, the soon-to-be Vampire Prince. At the mountain the vampire Princes decided that Darren has to take a series of trials that prove him worthy of being a half- vampire. The price of failure is death, either by dying during a trial, or being painfully executed by being dropped into a pit of stakes.
External links
* [http://www.darrenshan.com/vampires/books/04mountain.html "Vampire Mountain" information]
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