This is the fourth title in the compelling and chilling saga of Darren Shan - but the first part in a new trilogy, following Darren's initiation into the vampire clan.
Home of the damned . . .
Darren Shan and Mr Crepsley embark on a long and dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world, where courage and endurance mean the difference between success and failure. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain - the vampaneze have been there before them . . .
Will a meeting with the vampire princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him further towards the darkness? Only one thing is certain, Darren's initiation into the vampire clan is more deadly than he can ever have imagined.