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TUNNELS OF BLOOD
Cirque Du Freak Book 3
By

Darren Shan
CONTENTS
Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Chapter Twenty-five Chapter Twenty-six Cirque Du Freak Tunnels of Blood My name is Darren Shan. I'm a half-vampire. I used to be human, until I stole a vampire's spider. After that, my life changed forever. Mr. Crepsley—the vampire—forced me to become his assistant, and I

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joined a circus full of weird performers called the Cirque Du Freak.

Now Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered—corpses drained of blood—Darren and Evra are compelled to hunt down whatever foul creature is committing such horrendous acts. Then beneath the streets, evil stalks Darren and Evra, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley. Can they escape, or are they doomed to perish in the tunnels of blood? This is Darren's story. Rave reviews for: Tunnels of Blood

"A perfect book for reluctant middle school readers. For those fans ofBuffy andAngel , here is another book to satisfy their vampiric tastes." —Voya

"Described in stomach-churning detail, the story is compulsively readable. But it's not for the squeamish." —School Library Journal

"TheCirque Du Freak series approaches vampires from a new perspective, completely rewriting some of the ground rules with regards to powers, strengths and weaknesses, giving them [a] fresh feel." —Science Fiction Chronicle Book 3

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