Saga of Larten Crepsley

The Saga of Larten Crepsley series is a series of fantasy and horror novels written by the well known Irish author Darren Shan. There is a total of 4 novels published in the series between the years 2010 and 2012. All the novels of the series serve prequels to another series written by the author called as ‘The Saga of Darren Shan’ or the ‘Cirque Du Freak’ series. Each novel in the series revolves around the life of the main character named Larten Crepsley, who is depicted as a vampire, and give a description of the first 200 years of his life. The series is set in a period long before Darren Shah from the sequel series went on to become Larten Crepsley’s assistant. Over the course of the series, author Daren Shan has tried to depict the life story of Larten Crepsley spanning over a number of continents and multiple centuries. Author Darren Shan began writing the novels of the series in the year 2010 when he wrote and released the first novel Birth of a Killer. In the novels of the series, Larten Crepsley is known by the name Mr. Crepsley by the people around him. He is described as a vampire who is the same person who blooded Darren Shan in the other series called as Cirque Du Freak. After blooding Darren Shan, he became his mentor. Darren Shan was the Vampire Prince and because of having Larten Crepsley as his mentor, he formed a father-son bond between Larten Crepsley and himself. Larten Crepsley served as the deuteragonist in the Cirque Du Freak series and the protagonist in the Saga of Larten Crepsley series.