I have not read very many books that are written in the present tense, so it was a little different at first. Lord Loss also seems to have a sense of arrogance, particularly when it comes to his skill at chess, but at the same time he has shown signs of cowardice. Lord Loss is not seen until the plane scene where he and his demons start killing people on the plane. He is the only Demon Master that somehow is free to travel between the Demon universe and the human universe by Windows. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

I still remember a particular scene where the heroes discover the remains of a small band of humans had been trapped by demons in a shrine in the middle of a forest. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Darren Shan is really good at writing mentor relationships where the main character gets a second father. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. Grubbs lies to Bill-E, telling him that Dervish used a calming spell to try to cure his lycanthropy.The only way to cure him is by winning three out of five simultaneous chess games with the powerfully magical demon master Lord Loss while another person battles his familiars.

The many individual cracks in his skin, which seep blood every time he even slightly moves, give his demonic appearance a nice touch as well. He can also travel between the Demonata's world and Earth, which no other Demon Master has accomplished without using a tunnel (though, Lord Loss is only able to do so because he once was a piece of the Kah-Gash). It is stated that he will now act as the omnipresent figure of malevolence in the minds of all sentient beings, and will continue causing misery and woe for all.These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. He always tells at least a variation of the truth, sometimes wording it so that he can find a loophole that will work in his favour, such as when he let Davida Haym film him and his familiars but never actually agreed to let her live to complete the movie, but never flat out lying. What was my surprise when i realized i read 80 pages non-stop and was actually enjoying this frikkin story! There's violence and gore - from someone dead being used as a finger puppet, to beheadings, and even a bizarre story about the original owner of the house getting rid of a baby he didn't want by feeding it to his pet piranhas.