The Demonata Explained

The Demonata
Books:	Lord Loss Demon Thief Slawter Bec Blood Beast Demon Apocalypse Death's Shadow Wolf Island Dark Calling Hell's Heroes
Author:	Darren Shan
Language:	English
Genre:	Horror and fantasy
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Pub Date:	2005–2010

The Demonata is a young adult horror/fantasy series by author Darren Shan.

Works

Publishing order

Cover illustration copyright Melvyn Grant

1. Lord Loss – 6 June 2005 (5 October 2005 in the US)
2. Demon Thief – 5 October 2005 (7 June 2006 in the US)
3. Slawter – 1 June 2006 (1 November 2006 in the US)
4. Bec – 2 October 2006 (1 May 2007 in the US)
5. Blood Beast – June, 2007 (1 November 2007 in the US)
6. Demon Apocalypse – October, 2007 (1 May 2008 in the US)
7. Death's Shadow – May, 2008 (1 November 2008 in the US)
8. Wolf Island – 1 October 2008 (1 May 2009 in the US)
9. Dark Calling – 1 May 2009 (October 2009 in US)
10. Hell's Heroes ^[1] – 1 October 2009 (May 2010 in the US)

Storyline order

• Bec (Between 351 AD and 400 AD, during ancient Ireland's conversion from Paganism to Christianity, about 1600 years before Demon Thief)
• Demon Thief (Mid 1970s, about 30 years before Lord Loss)
• Lord Loss (Early 21st century)
• Slawter (Fourteen months after the end of Lord Loss)
• Blood Beast (About a year after Slawter)
• Demon Apocalypse (Directly following Blood Beast)
• Death's Shadow (Six months after Demon Apocalypse and roughly parallel to Wolf Island and Dark Calling)
• Wolf Island (Roughly parallel to Dark Calling)
• Dark Calling (Roughly parallel to Wolf Island)
• Hell's Heroes (Directly following Dark Calling)

Narrators

The narrator of each book in the Demonata series shifts between the three protagonists of the series; Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck and Bec MacConn.

Name of Book	Narrator
Lord Loss	Grubbs
Demon Thief	Kernel
Slawter	Grubbs
	Bec
Blood Beast	Grubbs
Demon Apocalypse	Grubbs
	Bec
	Grubbs
Dark Calling	Kernel
	Grubbs

Plot

The series centers around three protagonists from separate periods of time—Grubbs lives in the present day, Kernel in the 1970s, and Bec in around 450AD. The books detail their fight against the demon master Lord Loss, his many demon familiars, and Shadow, who promises to destroy the human universe. Together with The Disciples, the main characters attempt to thwart the Demonata from destroying the world.

Characters

Overview

Character		The Demonata
		Book 1	Book 2	Book 3	Book 4	Book 5	Book 6	Book 7	Book 8	Book 9	Book 10
Main characters
Lord Loss
Dervish Grady
Grubbs Grady	The Trigger							colspan="3"
Bill-E Spleen						colspan="4"
Artery	Art Fleck
Sharmila Mukherji								colspan="3"
Nadia Moore	Juni Swan
Beranabus	Bran					colspan="3"
Kernel Fleck	The Eye						colspan="2"
Davida Haym				colspan="7"
Bec MacConn	The Memory							colspan="2"
Drust
Recurring characters
Meera Flame
Shark					colspan="5"
Cadaver								colspan="3"
Raz Warlo				colspan="2"
Loch Gossel						colspan="3"
Prae Athim
The Old Ones						colspan="4"
Kirilli Kovacs		colspan="4"
Timas Brauss

External links

• Author's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shanville Monthly December 2008. 2008-12-01.