Cirque du Freak: Vampire Mountain (Book Four) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "I WAS EXCITED BUT ANXIOUS about the journey - I was venturing into the unknown, and I had a feeling it wouldn't turn out to..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The Cirque Du Freak saga continues with book four, Vampire Mountain by Darren Shan. Here, fans find Darren and Mr. Crepsley on a trip to the very seat of the bloodsuckers' empire, where a meeting with the Vampire Princes puts Darren in a precarious position. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8-Darren Shan, the loquacious vampire's assistant, narrates another blood-and-guts tale. Having tracked a horror-movie-stereotype vampire in their previous adventure, Darren and his master, Larten Crepsley, take another hiatus from the bizarre circus of the series title to make a pilgrimage to the Halls of Vampire Mountain to meet with the generals and princes in charge. The peregrinators are accompanied by a pair of ugly, speechless Little People who carry an ominous message for the council from their "old as time itself" master, Mr. Tiny. The road is perilous, of course, and getting to their destination is only half of the problem. Darren's biggest challenge, following a run-in with a crazed grizzly bear and a foolhardy confrontation with a rare, Xena-like vampiress, comes in defending his maker, the one who inexplicably violated the proscription against blooding a child. While the previous trio of "Cirque du Freak" books could each relatively stand alone, this fourth entry marks a definite transition, a critical segue into adventures to come that will revolve around Mr. Tiny's foreboding and Darren's impending Trials of Initiation (book nine is already in the works in the U.K.). The book ends with a "to be continued-" teaser along with an excerpt from the next book.
John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316605425
• ISBN-13: 978-0316605427
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,101 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it again!, January 5, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Vampire Mountain (Cirque du Freak, Book 4) (Hardcover)

This book may not live up to some people expectations after the first three instalments of "the saga of Darren shan", Being from England i have read this book (and all the saga up to book 8...) and, although most people would admit that this ks not exactly a high point for the serise, it is still a good book in its own right, and set up the next two books in the "vimpire mountain" trilogy very well, introduseing new idea and people who will become vital to how the saga pans out. If you read this book over I'm sure you will be surprised that it is not half as bad as you remember! A word of warning however... if you feel this book ends on a cliffhanger, you will not BELIVE the ending to book 5 (trials of death)! it will be a long hard wait between that and book 6 9The vampire prince.) belive me!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars let me think .......um.....I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!:-), April 27, 2003

By	Andrea Norris (Wallagrass, ME United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vampire Mountain (Cirque du Freak, Book 4) (Hardcover)

In this book Darren goes to be put in front of the vampire princes. When he has to make the journy to the moutain he comes face to face with a bear and wolves. He has to prove to the princes and his mentor that he can be a vampire and most imporant he has to prove to himself that he can belive in himself.
I personaly love the series. I recomand that u read them in oder startin with "Cirque Du Freak; A living nightmare". It keep me readin till late at night this isn't as action packed as some of them but it has some good parts in it.
The worst part is it leaves u just waitin for the next book so i haven't got the 5th one yet but i would oder it with the 4th one if u have read the first 3!!!!!!God Bless America!<3!!!=D

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daren Shan continues to keep his readers hooked, September 14, 2002

By	Lee T. Larsen (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vampire Mountain (Cirque du Freak, Book 4) (Hardcover)

"Vampire Mountain" is the fourth book Darren Shan's great series, "Cirque Du Freak." This book startes six years after book four and chronicles the journey of Darren and Mr. Crepsley to Vampire Mountain. The most excitment happens near the end of the book. Since this book is the first of a three part storyline, the TO BE CONTINUED... at the end is the most cliff-hanging ending I've ever read in this series. I can not wait till April of 2003 when the next book will come out.