Blood Beast

Blood Beast is the fifth book in Darren Shan's The Demonata series and was released 4th June 2007. It is narrated by Grubbs Grady, the narrator of Lord Loss and Slawter. The plot is part of a two part story, along with book six. Though the previous four books have not been in chronological order, this book is the furthest book into the future. It mainly deals with whether or not Grubbs Grady will be struck with lycanthropy and how he will deal with this problem.

The title was originally announced at the Edinburgh Book Festival, and Darren Shan read a small sequence about a demon attack on a plane, which featured Lord Loss.

= Notes =


 * On page 255 in place of the normal Chapter Heading, "Fly Me To The Moon", the font is somewhat mirrored. Behind this is the name of the first chapter of the book "Damn the Sandman". Many fans thought that there was a significance to this, but the author confirmed that it was only a typo.
 * The face Grubbs saw is most likely Bec, as she is a distant cousin of Grubbs. Also, they are presumably in the cave where she died 1500 years before, and the cave had previously had another face in it. If this is Bec, it will be the first time in the series that a narrator has appeared in a book that they have not narrated.
 * It is possible that Loch was murdered by Bill-E; we are not shown the exact circumstances of his death, and given the corrupting powers of the cave it is possible that Bill-E pushed him to his death. If so, then again it would count as a sacrifice.
 * Dervish said to contact "him", asking for a magician to re-enact the spells sealing the cave. This could mean that Beranabus might appear in the next book, along with Kernel, in the cave, with Grubbs and Bec... This would explain a possible concurrence of the three narraters.