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Death's Shadow is the seventh installment in Darren Shan's Demonata series, to be released May 2008 in the UK and October 2008 in the USA. Although very little is known about the book at this point, the book continues several months after the events of Demon Apocalypse concluded, due to the fact that the series' three protagonists are part of the same plot at the end of Demon Apocalypse. The book will continue to reveal more about Beranabus, Kernel, Grubbs, and Bec continuing to search for information on using the Kah-Gash. This article is about the author. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Lord Loss Demon Thief Slawter Bec Blood Beast Demon Apocalypse The Demonata is a series by best selling author Darren Shan. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... Look up Fantasy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. ... Hardcover books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather). ... Demon Apocalypse is the sixth book in Darren Shans The Demonata series, and the concluding part of a two part story, which started with book five, Blood Beast. ... This article is about the author. ... Lord Loss cover Demon Thief cover Slawter cover Bec cover The Demonata is a series by best selling author Darren Shan. ... May 2008 is the fifth month of the current leap year. ... Demon Apocalypse is the sixth book in Darren Shans The Demonata series, and the concluding part of a two part story, which started with book five, Blood Beast. ... The Disciples are a group of mages from Darren Shans The Demonata series. ... Kernel Fleck is the protagonist of Demon Thief, the second book of the series Demonata by Darren Shan, and one of the three main characters in the series. ... Grubbs Grady, short for Grubitsch Grady is the main character in The Demonata series by Darren Shan. ... << Slawter | Blood Beast >> For other uses, see BEC. Bec is a book by Darren Shan in The Demonata series. ...

Darren Shan said that he hoped the cover^[1] would spark discussion on the book, and that there were a few clues in it about the book ^[2] On December 20, Darren Shan released a summary of the book on his forums, revealing that the book will be narrated by Bec, and that it will concern the "shadow demon" found in the last chapters of Demon Apocalypse

Shan has already stated on his website the Death's Shadow Author Notes: "Death's Shadow was the first book of the series that I had written in its correct sequence since Lord Loss!!! As I've explained in my other plot notes, each of the following five books was written out of the order in which they were published, e.g. Demon Thief was actually the 6th book I wrote, even though it was published second. This was a series that came together in a chaotic, roundabout fashion, and it was only at this point that I actually got everything straight in my head and realised what the overall direction of The Demonata was. Having finally drawn all the various characters and story-lines together, I was now free to move forward in a more linear fashion, and from Book 7 onwards, each book was written in sequence -- no more frantic jumping about for me!!!!"

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