Sons of Destiny

By: Darren Shan

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Time seemed to collapse…There was a sharp stabbing sensation in my stomach…Steve crowed, "Now I have you! Now you're gonna die!"

Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his arch enemy, Steve Leopard, and fight for control of the night. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows …and destroy the world.

Is the future written, or can Darren trick destiny?

©2008 Darren Shan (P)2014 Blackstone Audio

Loved it, loved it more than I ever expected.

The second book was hard to get through, but after getting past the grief and pain it gets better and better. many things I guessed would happen, and several thing wound up happening that I never would have seen coming. What a good series.

Excellent series!

I was so happy this was included in our audible membership. I completely enjoyed the series. It was a fun twist on the vampire genre. I know it was written for young adults but I have to say I really enjoyed there was not constant cussing, it allowed me to play it in the background with my kids in the room. There in the reader was outstanding and I would listen to more books by him.

Great plot!

The overall plot was great! To top it all off, Ralph Lister did a marvelous job in narrating it.

It pains me to see that some people despised the ending though. What I think the author did was subtly brilliant. He tickled the imagination of those young or young-at-heart. Letting us think that he forfeited his destiny to become a vampire prince and it is up for grabs. Giving excitement to those who are interested in taking his place (referring to Evanna's explanation on how destiny works.)

Another point I liked is he opened the ending for interpretation. Leaving if for the readers to decide how the story will end.

a little disappointed

This book felt rushed like Darren was just ready to leave this series in the dust and move on to something else. I feel a little cheated I sat through 11 books for this to be the ending...it feels a bit like a cop out...though I get it. It's the last book might as well finish it but it was kinda rough...

wishful thinking

Honestly I've been in love with this series since it was released and for that I'm forever grateful. I'm not sure if you see these comments but I really feel if you turned this into a video game it would be such an amazing hit across the world.