Palace of the Damned--------------------------------------------------In the third instalment in the creepy, captivating Larten Crepsleyseries, Larten finds out what it means to love...but is he also damnedto find out what it means to lose? Lost in the arctic waste, carryinga baby whose love he could never deserve, Larten faces the darkesttime he has ever known. But hope has a way of shining through eventhe smallest of cracks, and just as Larten reaches the end, a new beginningpresents itself. The trouble is, for Larten, the violence of his youthis never far from the surface...and those he loves are the ones hehurts the most. As Larten experiences heaven and hell, and tries tosave the soul of a child, the question is: can he save his own?--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Darren Shan is the number-one best-selling authorof the twelve book series THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN, the ten book DEMONATAand more recently the SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY. His books have beenread by millions of people around the world and translated into morethan 25 languages. Darren lives in seclusion in the depths of Ireland.He is a big film buff, and also loves theatre, comics and books, andcollecting art. He loves dreaming up new ways to terrify his readers,but never drinks blood. Or so he claims.