In this fourth book in the bestselling Saga of Darren Shan Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain? The vampaneze have been there before them. Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren s human side or turn him further toward the darkness? Only one thing is certain? Darren s initiation into the vampire clan is more deadly than he can ever have imagined.