The Demonata

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

The Demonata

Lord Loss, book 1 of the series
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
Published	2005–2010

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	Bec
Blood Beast	Grubbs
Demon Apocalypse	Grubbs
Death's Shadow	Bec
Wolf Island	Grubbs
Dark Calling	Kernel
Hell's Heroes	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

Grady-MacGrigor family tree

The MacGrigor Clan

Struan

Aednat

Aideen

Bec MacConn

Many Generations

The Garadex Family

Bartholomew Garadex

Urszula Garadex

The Moore Family

Forty Years Later

Abraham Garadex

Many Generations

Juni Swan/ Nadia Moore

Davey McKay

The Grady Family

Five Children

Caspar Grady

Augustine Grady

Unknown Grady

Emily Spleen

Cal Grady

Sharon

Dervish Grady

Billy "Bill-E" Spleen

Gretelda "Gret" Grady

Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady

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		Main			Recurring	Guest		Voice	Mentioned	Guest	Main
Dervish Grady		Main	Guest	Main	Does not appear	Main					Guest
Grubbs Grady	The Trigger	Main	Does not appear	Main	Does not appear	Main		Guest	Main
Bill-E Spleen		Main	Does not appear	Main	Does not appear	Main		Mentioned
Artery	Art Fleck	Main		Guest				Does not appear		Old One	Does not appear
Sharmila Mukherji		Guest	Main	Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Recurring	Does not appear
Nadia Moore	Juni Swan	Does not appear	Main		Does not appear	Main					Mentioned
Beranabus	Bran	Does not appear	Main	Mentioned	Main	Guest	Main		Mentioned
Kernel Fleck	The Eye	Does not appear	Main		Does not appear		Main	Recurring		Main
Davida Haym		Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Bec MacConn	The Memory	Does not appear			Main	Guest		Main	Recurring	Main
Drust		Does not appear			Main	Does not appear					Skeleton
Recurring characters
Meera Flame		Recurring	Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear	Recurring					Does not appear
Shark		Does not appear	Guest	Recurring	Does not appear		Recurring
Cadaver		Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Raz Warlo		Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear						Old One
Loch Gossel		Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear	Recurring	Mentioned		Does not appear
Prae Athim		Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear		Recurring
The Old Ones		Does not appear	Mentioned	Does not appear	Recurring	Mentioned		Recurring
Kirilli Kovacs		Does not appear						Recurring
Timas Brauss		Does not appear							Recurring

References

1. "Shanville Monthly December 2008". Retrieved 1 December 2008.

External links

• Author's official website