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Birth of a Killer
(2010)(The first book in the Saga of Larten Crepsley series)
A novel by Darren Shan
The highly anticipated prequel to the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series!
Before Cirque Du Freak...
Before the war with the vampaneze...
Before he was a vampire.
Larten Crepsley was a boy.
As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his job well and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed his brother as an example to the other children.
In that moment, young Larten flies into a rage that the foreman wouldn't survive. Forced on the run, he sleeps in crypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Seba offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant, Larten takes it.
This is his story.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Before Cirque Du Freak...
Before the war with the vampaneze...
Before he was a vampire.
Larten Crepsley was a boy.
As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his job well and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed his brother as an example to the other children.
In that moment, young Larten flies into a rage that the foreman wouldn't survive. Forced on the run, he sleeps in crypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Seba offers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant, Larten takes it.
This is his story.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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Hardback Editions
September 2011 : Hardback
Title: Birth of a Killer(Hardback) - 2011 Edition
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Publisher: Turtleback Books
Availability: Amazon
September 2011 : USA Library Binding
October 2010 : USA Hardback
September 2010 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
May 2012 : Canada Mass Market Paperback
September 2011 : USA Paperback
April 2011 : UK Paperback
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September 2010 : UK Paperback
January 2010 : Australia Paperback
Kindle Editions
March 2011 : UK Kindle edition
Title: Birth of a Killer (The Saga of Larten Crepsley, Book 1)
Author(s): Darren Shan
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Availability: Amazon UK
October 2010 : USA Kindle edition
Title: Birth of a Killer (The Saga of Larten Crepsley Book 1)
Author(s): Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Availability: Amazon