The Vampire’s Assistant (Paperback, Reissue)

'We're masters of the macabre…agents of mutations. Lords of the surreal.

Darren joins the vampire, Mr. Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque du Freak. There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) and a local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco-warrior and animal lover (who do not). Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers as the youngest half-vampire in existence, but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood – the whole idea sickens him – and he tries desperately to cling onto to part of him, which is human.

'The Vampire's Assistant' follows some of the amazing characters form 'Cirque du Freak', and also introduces some more who truly blow the imagination.