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|title=Birth of a Killer (The Saga of Larten Crepsley)
|author=Darren Shan
|date=September 2010
|isbn=0007315856
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Larten Crepsley leads a hard, hard life. One child amongst many, born during an industrial revolution, he works horrendously long and dangerous hours in a silk factory even though he's yet to see his teens. If the family is to eat, there is little choice. The foreman is a violent bully, issuing regular beatings, and nobody dares challenge him and if it wasn't for his orphan cousin, Vur, Larten's life would be grim indeed. But things never seem quite so dark when you have a true friend, do they?
Recommended. But of course.
My thanks to the good people at Harper Collins for sending the book. We also have a review of [[Ocean of Blood (The Saga of Larten Crepsley) by Darren Shan]].
Horror fans will also love the zombie horror in [[The Dead (The Dark) by David Gatward|The Dead by David Gatward]], which has a wonderful sufficiency of gore.
