Demon Apocalypse

The Demonata #6

by Darren Shan

One boy's life ripped to shreds before his eyes...
One wrathful demon master hell-bent on revenge...
An army of grisly Demonata on the rampage...
It's the end of the world as we know it.

Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Demons, Paranormal, Supernatural

Kindle Edition

About the author

Librarian's note: Also writes books for adults under the name Darren Dash. And in the past he has released books for adults under the names D.B. Shan and Darren O'Shaughnessy.

Darren Shan (born July 2, 1972 in London, England) is the pen name of the Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy, as well as the name of the protagonist of his book series The Saga of Darren Shan, also known as The Cirque Du Freak Series in the United States. He is the author of the series The Demonata, The Saga of Larten Crepsley, and Zom-B. He has also released the stand-alone novel, The Thin Executioner, and the stand-alone short novels, Koyasan, and Hagurosan. Plus, for adults, he released The City Trilogy (originally under the name of D.B. Shan), and Lady of the Shades..

Reviews

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series continues strong. Again through the point of view of my favorite, Grubbs, it shows the continuation from the cliffhanger left from Blood Beast, where all seems lost as Grubbs discovers a huge betrayal and finds himself with no escape on a plane with Lord Loss and his hellious sidekicks. These monsters bring the stories up to adult level when it comes to violence, gore, and shock effect - from the opening paragraph where the scorpion familiar dives into a person's face to pop out their eyes with it's tail and then implant maggots to eat through the brain (yes, really), the another familiar turning around and killing a baby - these young adults are not for the light at heart of the young.

This is the book that serves as a bridgeway to finally connect so many stray characters. Kernel from the second book, Demon Thief, makes several appearances and we see what's happened with him. Dervish, a series regular, stays around with the beloved Bill-E from previous books. Bec, the random girl set back in time for book four, gets a strong mention and nod. We also see random, stray Demonata that joined before with a certain leader. This is a book fans of the series definitely shouldn't miss since it ties so many dangling threads together.

There is a sad ending in this one, which Shan doesn't shy from - I still remembering sobbing at a major character death in his Cirque Du Freak series. I had a spoiler about this death coming, so it softened the blow a bit, but the way it was handled made sense and a type of peace even though it was tragic and that character will remain missed.

The stakes in this book are literally apocalyptic, and the story not only remains tense and interesting, but makes a big step in the future of Grubbs and the rest of the gang. We learn a few secrets about familiar characters as well.

With creative plot maneuvering, tense action scenes, and a return to all the series favorites, this may be the best of the bunch so far. Here's hoping that it just keeps getting stronger.

[Gavin Hetherington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can I read the entire Demonata Saga in 48 hours?! Check out my reviews of all 10 books in the series by Darren Shan on my YouTube channel, How to Train Your Gavin: https://youtu.be/ZsSuarXyPcA

[Fatima difarko · Rating 4 out of 5]

تا اينجا براي من بهترين جلد مجموعه بود:)
هيجاني و دردناك ..

[❄️ Propertea Of Frostea ❄️ Bitter SnoBerry ❄ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grubbs Grady


Bec MacConn


Kernel Fleck


Beranabus


Dervish Grady


Bill-E Spleen




The book continues where Blood Beast left it...in the plane. People being eaten and stuff. The usual. With our wonderful Lord Loss there to guide his familiars. Both demon and human. Grubbs is almost gone... but then help on the way!
Not 25% in and Grubbs and Beranabus are flying~


Then the magician takes him to his cave, where Grubbs meets Kernel.
Beranabus starts explaining stuff to Grubbs, but Grubbs' not ready to listen. He's being his own coward self. He proved he was a chicken too -_- Kinda annoying...

Soon, Sharmila comes...bringing news that the tunnel has been opened...hell's on loose. They gather all the Disciples, to fight against the demon master...

And then Beranabus is like...


Who is eventually found out.Juni -_-
And then...Bec is back! After so many centuries.. she's back... magic in the air, powerful magic, immense forces. The impossible happens! And the world is saved! But at the expense of a sacrifice... a tragedy :(

I like this series. Never hated it, inspite of it being the genre to make imagining a little hard, but all's fine with me. What I found unsatisfactory was about Grubbs and Dervish's character in this book, they are broken -_- So finally in this 6th book... everyone meets. All main characters. Is there anyone missing? No. A sweet reunion. Let them all whoever died in future, or died nevertheless R.I.-bloody.P.
That's it, end of tale. Just that Dervish's home is safe, I'm glad about that ^.^ yeah, kill me, I'm not talking more, it would spoil the fun of who is reading this next :)

The beginning was fast paced, had me gripped, but later, like in the demonata universe, time seemed to go slow... More gore, more horror. More demons, more magic.

The end.


A fond memory...
Bill-E and Grubbs

[Melika Gohari · Rating 5 out of 5]

این جلد واقعا هیجان انگیز بود. تند تند برگه هارو ورق میزدم تا برسم به آخرش. :))
دارن شان عزیز خودشو یبار دیگه تو دل من جا کرد.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars

Demon Apocalypse is one of the best novels in Darren Shan's awesome Demonata series. Let me clarify that the last book Blood Beast and this one should have been released as one book, not two. I was not happy with the first book ending in the middle of a massive action scene and pivotal point in the story line. I especially hated my least favorite words...To Be Continued.

In this book Shan masterfully brings together all of the story lines of the Demonata. In this one, Grubbs meets Beranabus and Kernel and Shark. Dervish and Bill-E and a bunch of Disciples are all present as well. There are others I could mention but I don't want to spoil the fun. Of course Lord Loss and his familiars are at the center of the mayhem. The coming together of all of our past heroes is what makes this book special. The action and the carnage are pretty fun too.

Demon Apocalypse starts right where Blood Beast leaves us hanging. As the fate of the world is at stake Grubbs and his new found friends must find a way to stop Lord Loss once again. This is a book filled with twists, betrayals, and unexpected friends. I have grown to really appreciate this world that Shan has built and his writing style is the perfect way to tell it.

I give this book and this series my highest recommendations to those that love urban fantasy and books about demons and monsters.

A great conclusion to the duology and a keystone book in the series.

[Ali Ebrahimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

یکی از لذت بخش ترین جلد های این مجموعه بود با کلی فراز نشیب لذت‌بخش و دردناک بود. به حدی خوب بود ‌ه با سرعت وحشتناکی خوندمش.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't think that the series could get any better - but it just did!

I honestly can't tell which book in the series is my favorite anymore, they have all meshed together in a ecstatic, wonderful, collision of a master tale that I hope never ends (even though it must).

This story was amazing, beautiful, and sad. It was heartfelt, the heartbreak was deeply felt. The story was everything that can move someone to tears. This story had none of the things that the other books had - except perhaps the first one, Lord Loss, when Grubb' parents were killed. This book was different to the others and impacted strongly on me, the betrayal, loss, and grief were strongly executed throughout the story.

Blood Beast leaves off with Juni Swan betraying Grubbs and finding out that Juni is with Lord Loss. That was just the beginning to the whole twist ans turn of the great disater that befalls their world. The struggle was hard, and the outcome of that will leave Grubbs and Dervish with emotional scars that they will take to the grave...

[Rachel Louise Atkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am: an emotional wreck

[Chandler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loooved it! Shan has never disappointed!

[Kimia · Rating 5 out of 5]

جلد مورد علاقه ام از این مجموعه

[Chappy · Rating 5 out of 5]

even better than the last book, so intense it has you right on the edge of your seat till that very last page. must fight the urge to pick up the next book and keep going.

this book only stays quiet for a few chapters before shit hits the fan, then its a non stop roller coaster till the end. the few battle scenes are the most intense of the series and for those who have read this book they will know what i mean when i say all looks lost.

for anyone who reads these i have also put a short video on youtube of my top 5 moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmb5...

up to book 6 and there are still 4 to go, cant wait. i know i'm in for even more heartache and worry but think its a brilliant concept for a novel and the characters are fantastic, from the lowest demon to the most powerful entities.

fan of this book? i recommend the bartimaeus series or the inheritance cycle

[Chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how vividly gory the descriptions are, these books might be meant for kids but there's some serious body horror going on in this book. This series is so fast and fun to read, I'll finish the rest of the books very soon!

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the lame How does Cheez-It do it commercial, I’m wondering How does Darren do it—except for the fact that lame and Darren Shan should never be strung together in a sentence. Yes, he’s that good a storyteller. He’s the kind of author that can re-use ideas but turn them into something more original and creative. It’s simply astounding. I can consume anything by Darren Shan.

Demon Apocalypse begins with where its previous book left off, when Grubbs is getting attacked by Lord Loss and finds out he’s been betrayed by Juni. Just when he thinks he’s about to be killed, the previously known as a “bum” saves him with magic. He is Beranabus—otherwise known as Bran from Bec, which isn’t revealed till the end of the book—one of the true magicians whose destiny is to fight demons in their world. Together with Kernel (from book 2, I think), Bran and Grubbs attempt to fight demons in other time zones, but Grubbs can’t deal. In a surprising turn, they discover that they are too late to save mankind from the demons that have and will keep continuing to escape into the real world through a magically opened tunnel. With yet another twist—and this one involves a certain character from Bec—they get sent back in time to try to change things.

I love how the little details are adding up now. Before, I wasn’t really fond of the changing perspectives with each book that follows, but I really see the sense in that now. Things from book two are appearing in book six, and people from book four are appearing as main characters now. More secrets are revealed and ideas are forming together to really strengthen the demon story. I love it!

[Claire Chibi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5

I sort of wish that this book and the previous one were just one book instead of two, since book 5 ends on a huge cliffhanger, and this one immediately resolves it. Good for marketing I guess? Plus, younger readers are probably not gonna want to pick up a 500+ page book.

The pacing of the first 1/3 (other than the first chapter) was a bit slow for my taste, with lots of exposition, but once it picks up, it really picks up! This series has some of the most intense twists I've ever read, it does not hold back just because it's for younger readers.

It was so awesome to have all three of the main characters finally meet!

Another thing I really love is that even though this series came out over a decade ago, it is very open about boys and men showing their emotions and not having to always put on a brave face, I love it!

So that's my rereads over finally with, now onto the unfamiliar territory of books 7-10! This is such a fantastic series, despite the gore and extremely dark subject matter, I think it's very good for younger (but not too young) readers, and I'm so glad that I picked this up as a young t(w)een because I know that I probably would never have picked it up if I didn't encounter it until later in life.

[Siobhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing where Blood Beast left off this book is action packed from the very start.

This book continues along with the story of Grubbs but also includes other important characters, giving us information on how all the main characters are linked together and suggesting what their purpose is. As entertaining as the other books in the series this one really helps the reader to see the bigger picture in the series.

[Ingunn Bache · Rating 5 out of 5]

Denne synes jeg er en av de mer spennende i serien! Elsker Grubbs mer og mer som karakter jo mer jeg leser, og får veldig vondt av hans kamp både mot det onde og den indre kampen han kjemper mot sin egen feighet. Selv om han er ekstremt redd og har et konstant ønske om å flykte fra problemene sine, er han modig nok til å hele tiden komme seg gjennom alt som møter ham. Dette gir mye trist indre dialog som hele tiden konkluderer med at han ikke har noe annet valg enn å møte den skjebnen som har blitt valgt for ham. Han får virkelig ingen pause fra grusomhetene, og jeg setter stor pris på at han likevel står i og kjemper videre. Han er nok mye modigere enn han tror. Veldig kjekt at de tre hovedpersonene endelig møtes i denne boken, og setter ekstra pris på båndet som sakte vokser mellom Grubbs og Kernel. Gjenforeningen mellom Bec og Bran er også veldig koselig. Føles ut som om serien når et høydepunkt i denne boka, og er spent på hvordan det går videre ettersom jeg ikke husker spesielt mye av de fire siste bøkene i serien da jeg leste disse som tenåring. Gleder meg!

[Samantha Rendle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Action-packed, butt-kicking fun! Even after finding this book in a charity shop and coming into the story halfway through I enjoyed Demon Apocalypse and found it easy enough to follow. I liked the main character and how believable his motives were, and I loved the world Darren Shan created.

Some of the characters felt a bit weak and lacked dimension, and the writing style was a bit basic, but all in all I enjoyed this and am looking forward to reading the next book.

[Milad · Rating 4 out of 5]

"تا جایی که به دنیا مربوط می شود، چه برای خیر چه برای شر هیچ وقت راحتی وجود ندارد. حتی شک دارم که مفهوم این چیزها را بداند"

هر قدر با دیو همخون نتونستم ارتباط برقرار کنم، در عوض همونقدر از اسرار هیولایی خوشم اومد. وجود شخصیت های مورد علاقه ام، داستان جذاب تر و برگشت از طوفان تو این قضيه بی تاثیر نبودن:)) به نظرم جالب تر می شد اگه کتاب قبلی با این کتاب ادغام می شد.

[Emma Stewart · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️
-tbf it's my fault for only getting 3 books out of the demonata series that do not follow one after another, so it was safe to say I was thoroughly confused when reading the beginning.
-however, it does kind of give u a recap at the start which was well needed.
-I thought the gruesome detail and the action of the demon apocalypse was really good.
-but the explanations for everything were really out of the blue and unhinged, like if I couldn't understand it, idk how a teen could make sense of it.
-some shocking twists tho.

[Carmaletta Hilton · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this one the least, so far. All those years with Beranabus has turned Kernel into a bitter, angry, men person. Knowing, now, that Beranabus is actually Bran aka Run Fast, I much preferred him when he was a simpleton. At least he was a nice person. Bec's death may have rooted him in reality, but it also gave him a horrible personality, and kind of made him a hypocrite. Bec is the only person he actually loves, so it's okay to let her off the hook and let her have a life. But, Kernel and Grubbs are needed, so no one cares what you want.

The constant calling of Grubbs a coward annoyed me, and the fact that even Grubbs admits to himself that he was a coward shows that we're supposed to see that and dislike that attribute. His reactions were those of a normal, human boy who had been through and seen too much in his lifetime, and they were looked down upon because he wasn't "stronger." Beranabus threw him in a world of fire with no warning, and more importantly, no training, and expected it to be okay. They kept calling him a coward over that, even though it seemed more about him not knowing what to do than being afraid. He didn't know how to fight this demon, didn't know what to do, and when he was finally saved, he was taken back home and then called a coward for the rest of the book.

Bill-E deserved better. He's been treated like crap for the entirety of the series. He's the loser in Darren Shan's cast of characters, and it looks like the loser has outlived his usefulness. In-character Bill-E was treated horribly by his brother. Grubbs never stood up for him, didn't want to get involved, and now Bill-E is dead. Of all things Grubbs had been called a coward for, he was never called a coward for not standing up for his brother, and that was the one thing he should have been called on. Even Grubbs's own guilt over it was only given a few lines worth of consideration.

Also, shouldn't Kernel's eyes have come back? He lost them in a future that, now that Bill-E is dead, never happened. I usually stay away from stuff dealing with time travel because the paradox always leaves me with a headache.

There just wasn't much for me to like about this book. I like to be shown and not told, and where the Demon Apocalypse is concerned, I was told about everything that happened. As readers, we didn't really get to experience what happened. Really, except for a couple of chapters fighting in the beginning and the end, we didn't really experience anything because, since the story is in first person, Grubbs didn't experience anything. This was the only book in the series that I would have preferred to read in third person as opposed to first.

The only good I really found in the story was that everything finally came together. All the bits and pieces we've learned through the previous books have fallen into place, and we have a whole story in front of us now.

I don't know if I'll read the next one or not. Demon Apocalypse has destroyed most of my interest in this series. I don't like Beranabus or Kernel, so I don't really care to read about them killing demons with Grubbs. Bill-E is gone, and Dervish isn't going to be the same man he used to be. The characters, the people that were the heart of the bloody and gruesome story, are all but gone. I just don't know if I feel like reading more.

[Carien · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is yet another entertaining read.

Shan pulls a stunt he also used in the Cirque du Freak series and which isn't something I particularly like. Still it's not as big a cop out as it is in Cirque du Freak, so I let it pass with only a little bit of grumbling.

All in all an entertaining read with one very interesting development. On to the next book.

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

Grubbs Grady is back, and he wishes he wasn't.

There are two things that Grubbs regrets the most: letting his transformation take away the lives of the ones he loved, and trusting Juni. When we last left him, Grubbs was on a plane ride with Juni, who promised to take care of him and love him. But while on board, Juni's true colors appeared, and they weren't so pretty.

Turns out she had been working for Lord Loss and had used Grubbs' secrets and trust against him, lying to not only him but also to Dervish, who had fallen for her as well.

Now Grubbs is trying to fend for himself, which isn't looking so bright since Lord Loss' little helpers are happily feeding on the passengers on the plane, while Lord Loss himself is trying to take Grubbs into his realm. Of course, Grubbs would rather die than to have to go with Lord Loss. But there isn't much he can do since no one is there to help him fight off all of the demons.

Then an unlikely hero comes and saves Grubbs. Yet Grubbs knows that this isn't the end of Lord Loss, who is furious at him for ruining his game of chess. He knows that Lord Loss will not let anything stand in his way while trying to take revenge, but Grubbs isn't giving up without a fight. He survived more than once. He can surely survive again, right?

Edgy, intense, and more gruesome than the other novels in THE DEMONATA series, Darren Shan does it again with DEMON APOCALYPSE, creating a captivating novel that will leave you speechless. Darker than ever, we are just glad to see Grubbs be the one to save the world, because without him, who can?

[Sita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Demon Apocalypse is the sixth book in the Demonata series. As we know the series has and is being told from three different peoples point of views. Grubbs, Bec and Kernal's. This one is told from Grubbs's point of view.

I have loved the series so far. I have loved the concept, the characters, the writing, I have loved the series in general. So was this book as good as the rest? The answer to that is yes. Yes it did match up to my high expectations.

In Demon Apocalypse, Grubbs finally meets Beranabus and Kernal. He also finally and for the first time ventures into the demon realm. And the way Kernal and Grubbs treat each other. Hilarious.

This a good sixth book in the series and I am looking forward to the next one. I am liking where the story is going. In a way the series is sort of turning dystopian. But I'll have to keep reading to know for sure. If you have not read the other five preceding this one I recommend doing so, start with the first one Lord Loss. But if you have read the other five, I recommend continuing on this series. Because like I said earlier, Demon Apocalypse does not disappoint.

[Ariya · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading book 5 which is the worst volume in the series, this one is the best so far (oh I haven't even finished the whole Demonata series yet, still the best.)

This book keeps me going even I don't want to read for more goring and most heart-breaking scene I have to come across. I blame Shan's writing when he writes in his finest competency to reel the reader into his story. As I claims before, he sucks at writing ordinary scenes but about demons eating a human's face? he can work like a craft man.

Besides Shan getting on his track, he keeps up make the book more important than any other when he chooses to craft on such a delicate issue in teenagers and the loss of most beloved character (for me, at least. I cry so fucking hard.) and how the characters cope with death in a tactical way that is how can you be stay sane after all these things happen? and life is unfair and we have no choice, even we pretend we can have it but we gets angry because there isn't. Demon Apocalypse can be viewed as Young Adult genre when it conveys the real cruelty in teenagers; bullying and being bullied in tragic and realistic aspect that you can believe that even an innocent character can do such a horrible and the consequences can't be the blame on him alone.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not remember a lot about this book besides the end going into this re-read. Enjoyed it a lot more than Blood Beast, probably because this is where we’re starting to see Grubs have to grow up a bit more and as an older reader now that appeals to me a lot more than when he was running around making dumb teenager brain decisions. Probably a testament to Darren’s characterisation that he does read so much like teenager (and I would know, I work with them on a daily basis).

The bigger story is starting to come together now that we have Grubbs, Kernel, and Bec in the one place, so to speak, and I’m interested to see the role the three of them are going to play in the future of the human and Demonata universes. Also looking forward to reading from Bec’s point of view again in the next book with my older perspective now.

[Violet Nightfall · Rating 5 out of 5]

La crudeltà che sfodera Darren Shan nell'uccidere i propri personaggi è seconda solo a quella di Martin. Nonostante ciò ho apprezzato il libro fino in fondo, gustandomi i vari colpi di scena intavolati dall'autore! Fantastico volume, peccato solo che in Italia abbiano stoppato la serie... nn mi resta che acquistare i volumi in inglese!

[Saman · Rating 4 out of 5]

بالاخره سه شخصیت اصلی داستان و کلی از نام هایه آشنایه دیگر بهم میرسند . تمام اون داستان هایه پیشین گفته شده تو این قسمت بهم گره میخورند و نتیجه کار جالبه.
این قسمت داستان سریع ترین روایت ماجرایی رو داشت همچنین بسیار پر خشونت تر از سری هایه قبل بود نویسنده جزئیات دریده شدن رو به خوبی شرح داده بود.

[Zahra Rhm · Rating 1 out of 5]

نویسنده حتی جزئیات دریده شدن رو شرح داده بود. داستان به قدری خشن بود که نتونستم تمومش کنم و کلا از خیر ادامه ی مجموعه دموناتا گذشتم.

[яσвεят · Rating 3 out of 5]

جلد ششم با اینکه در ادامه جلد قبلی مسیر داستان رو حرکت می داد
اما کاملا غافلگیر کننده و غمگین روایت شد و به درستی نشان داد برای کسی که دیگر فرصت زیستن ندارد هیچ شانسی برای زنده ماندن های الکی پایان خوش وجود نخواهد داشت
نقشه ی ذهنی ای که دارن شأن برای این مجموعه درنظر گرفته فکر میکنم در ۴ جلد باقی مانده کم کم به تکامل نهایی خودش برسه
مریدان و نقش اونها خیلی در داستان در رنگ تر از قبل شده بود
همزمان هم میخواهم بروم جلد بعدی و
کمی به ذهنم استراحت بدهم
احساس میکنم نفوذ لرد لاس با دسیسه های فکری روی ذهنم نمی گذارد ادامه ندهم
حال چه باید کرد ؟