The Demonata

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Italic title Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox book series 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

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

External links

• Author's official website