The Demonata

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

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 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	colspan="2" Template:Guest	Template:Guest	Template:CNone	Template:Guest	Main
Dervish Grady		Main	Guest	Main	Template:CNone	Main					Template:Guest
Grubbs Grady	The Trigger	Main	Template:CNone	Main	Template:CNone	Main		Template:Guest	Main
Bill-E Spleen		Main	Template:CNone	Main	Template:CNone	Main		colspan="4" Template:CNone
Artery	Art Fleck	Main		Guest				colspan="2" Template:CNone	Old One	Template:CNone
Sharmila Mukherji		Guest	Main	Guest	colspan="2" Template:CNone	Guest	Recurring	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Nadia Moore	Juni Swan	Template:CNone	Main		Template:CNone	Main					Template:CNone
Beranabus	Bran	Template:CNone	Main	rowspan="2" Template:CNone	Main	Guest	Main		colspan="3" Template:CNone
Kernel Fleck	The Eye	Template:CNone	Main	colspan="2" Template:CNone	Main	Recurring		Main
Davida Haym		colspan="2" Template:CNone	Main	colspan="7" Template:CNone
Bec MacConn	The Memory	colspan="3" Template:CNone	Main	Guest		Main	Recurring	Main
Drust		colspan="3" Template:CNone	Main	colspan="5" Template:CNone	Skeleton
Recurring characters
Meera Flame		Recurring	Template:CNone	Recurring	Template:CNone	Recurring					Template:CNone
Shark		Template:CNone	Guest	Recurring	colspan="2" Template:CNone	Recurring
Cadaver		Template:CNone	Recurring	Guest	colspan="3" Template:CNone	Recurring	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Raz Warlo		Template:CNone	Recurring	colspan="6" Template:CNone	Old One
Loch Gossel		colspan="2" Template:CNone	Recurring	Template:CNone	Recurring	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Prae Athim		colspan="2" Template:CNone	Guest	colspan="3" Template:CNone	Recurring	colspan="2" Template:CNone	Recurring
The Old Ones		Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Recurring	colspan="2" Template:CNone	Recurring
Kirilli Kovacs		colspan="6" Template:CNone	Recurring
Timas Brauss		colspan="7" Template:CNone	Recurring

External links

• Author's official website