The Demonata
Lord Loss, book 1 of the series
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| Author | Darren Shan |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror and fantasy |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Published | 2005–2010 |
| Preceded by | The Saga of Darren Shan |
| Followed by | Futures books |
The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons (as opposed to his other series, The Saga of Darren Shan, which involves vampires). The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the last of whom is the one of the first female protagonists in a Darren Shan book, the other being the Zom-B Series. The series contains ten books.
Cover illustration copyright Melvyn Grant
The narrator of each book in the Demonata series shifts between the three protagonists of the series; Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck and Bec MacConn.
Darren Shan stated there is a pattern to the narrations and "you'll guess who's narrating the others." What Shan was referring to was the fact that the order in which the narrators of the first five go in is the exact opposite of the order of the following five.
The series centers around three protagonists: Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck and Bec MacConn. Although they meet each other at various points, they are from separate times; Grubbs lives in the present day, Kernel in the 1970s and Bec in around 450AD. The books detail their fight against the evil demon master Lord Loss, his many demon familiars and the mysterious Shadow, who promises to destroy the human universe and to even stop death. Together with The Disciples, the main characters thwart the Demonata's attempts at world destruction multiple times.
Lord Loss was originally a poem written by Darren Shan, found in the front of Lord Loss. The story of Lord Loss and the Demonata came to Darren while he was working on The Saga. He wrote the book and left it alone until the Saga was finished. At first he had no idea it would be a series but then he wrote Bec, Blood Beast, and Demon Apocalypse. He felt that he needed another book to describe how Grubbs' magical power developed. So the idea for Slawter was born. At that time there was no Demon Thief, so he wrote another book to explain how it would be such a big deal when Kernel lost his eyes.
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