Following the massive success of the Demonata series, Darren Shan is back where it all started - telling the life story of the vampire Larten Crepsley. Spanning centuries and continents, taking in sea voyages, murder, war and love, this is the epic, bloodsoaked tale of a vampire who started out a nobody? and ended up changing the world forever.

The master of vampire fiction returns to where it all began - telling the life story of the vampire Larten Crepsley, in the first of an incredible new saga. Spanning centuries and continents, taking in sea voyages, murder, war and love, this is the epic, blood-soaked tale of a vampire who started out a nobody and ended up changing the world forever.