Hunters of the Dusk [antikvár]

PROLOGUE It was an age of tragic mistakes. For me, the tragedy began fourteen years earUer when, mesmerized by a vampire s amazing performing tarantula, I stole it from him. After an initially successful theft, everything went to hell, and I paid for my crime with my humanity. Faking my own death, I left my family and home, and travelled the world with the Cirque Du Freak, as the assistant to a blood-drinking creature of the night. My name s Darren Shan. I'm a half-vampire. I'm also — through a series of events so astounding I stiU have trouble believing they really happened — a Vampire Prince. The Princes are the leaders of the vampire clan, respected and obeyed by all. There are only five of them — the others are Paris Skyle, Mika Ver Leth, Arrow and Vancha March. I'd been a Prince for six years, living within the Halls of Vampire Mountain (the stronghold of the clan), learning the