The world of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak brought to life as you’ve never seen it before!
Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque du Freak. Now Darren’s been immersed into a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and strange creatures the likes of which he’s never imagined, and his life will be changed forever!

• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 1 | June 2009
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 2 | August 2009
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 3 | October 2009
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 4 | January 2010
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 5 | Coming April 2010
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 6 | Coming July 2010
• CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 7 | Coming October 2010

Cirque du Freak © Darren Shan, Illustration © Takahiro ARAI / Shogakukan, Inc.

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 1 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

June 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3041-6 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 208 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

The world of internationally acclaimed author Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak brought to life as you’ve never seen it before!
Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque du Freak. Now Darren’s been immersed into a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and strange creatures the likes of which he’s never imagined, and his life will be changed forever!

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 2 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

August 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3038-6 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

Darren Shan’s days as an ordinary schoolboy are over, and his life as the vampire’s assistant has begun! With his mentor, Larten Crepsley, Darren joins the Cirque du Freak and slowly begins settling into his new role there, an adjustment made simpler when he makes a couple of new friends among the Cirque’s performers. But life as a half-vampire can never be easy or ordinary — as Darren learns only too well when tragedy strikes!

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 3 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

October 2009 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3043-0 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

Accompanying his master, Mr. Crepsley, on a trip to the city, half-vampire Darren Shan is ready to enjoy a pleasant holiday away from the Cirque du Freak with his friend Evra. But when he learns of a string of grisly murders whose victims have been drained of blood, Darren begins to suspect that his mentor may be involved. Has Mr. Crepsley crossed the line, or could it be that some creature more fearsome than a vampire haunts the city’s streets?

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 4 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

January 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3039-3 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

Darren and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren’s human side, or turn him further toward the darkness? Only one thing is certain — Darren’s initiation into the vampire clan is more deadly than he ever could have imagined!

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 5 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

April 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3042-3 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

In agreeing to undergo the Trials of Initiation in order to restore Mr. Crepsley’s honor, Darren may have bitten off more than a half-vampire can chew. Each trial is taxing than the last, and despite his resolve, Darren simply may not be up to the task! In the depths of Vampire Mountain, though, a threat even deadlier than the Trials is stirring…

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 6 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

Coming July 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3040-9 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, faces certain death. Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan — can Darren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince and scores of murderous vampanese, or is this the end of thousands of years of vampire rule?

CIRQUE DU FREAK Volume 7 story by Darren Shan, art by Takahiro Arai

Coming October 2010 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-3037-9 | $10.99 ($12.99) | 192 pages | 5”x 7.5″ | Teen

Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: “…If you have face the Vampaneze Lord four times and fail to kill him, only one of you will live to witness the fall of the vampire clan.”