Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak and become a vampire.
The lead character and the author of the book series share the same name.
Darren Shan:
I don't know what came over me. I... I never steal things.
Larten Crepsley:
Why not?
Darren Shan:
Because it's wrong.
Larten Crepsley:
So, then, you've learned a valuable moral lesson.
Darren Shan:
Yes, I have.
Larten Crepsley:
And you'll never do anything wrong again as long as you live.
Darren Shan:
No, I won't.
Larten Crepsley:
You see? Now you're a ...
At the very beginning, when Steve puts a rose on Darren's coffin, there is no spider bite/bruise on his right cheek. Later, when Steve is shaking Darren in the coffin (obviously before the graveyard), the bruise is there.
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