DARREN SHAN
THE DEMONATA VOL. 5&6
Blood Beast & Demon Apocalypse
CONTENTS
The Stuff that Heroes are Made Of
For: Mary Barry (my gruesome Granny), who overcame a much fiercer beast than any Grubbs Grady ever faced!
Glad to still have you with us, old ‘un!!!
OBEs (Order of the Bloody Entrails) to: Catherine “the cut-throat” Holmes Katie McGowan—there’s a new killer kid on the block!
Mage superior: Stella “the gouger” Paskins
Magical support: Christopher Little’s circular crew
→My hands are red with blood. I’m running through a forest. Naked, but I don’t care. I’m an animal, not a human. Animals don’t need clothes.
Blood on my tongue too. Must have fed recently. Can’t remember if it was a wild creature or a person. Not bothered much either way. Still hungry—that’s all that matters. Need to find something new to chew. And soon.
I leap a fallen log. As I land, my bare feet hit twigs. They snap and I sink into a pool