Hell's Horizon is a novel written by Darren Shan

Darren Shan

Darren O'Shaughnessy , who commonly writes under the pen name Darren Shan, is an Irish author. Darren Shan is also the main character in Shan's The Saga of Darren Shan young-adult fiction series. He also wrote The Demonata series as well as the stand-alone books, Koyasan and The Thin Executioner...

, first published in 2000, with a modified version re-published March 2009, with significant changes made by the author. It is the second book in Shan's The City

The City Book Trilogy

The City Trilogy was written for adult readers and was under the name Darren O'Shaughnessey originally, before the pen name Darren Shan was used for his children's books. The third book was originally never published, and the books went out of print until 2008...

 trilogy, being preceded by Procession of the Dead

Procession of the Dead (novel)

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 and followed by City of Snakes. Shan published the book under his pen name D.B Shan, instead of his other pen name Darren Shan, to prevent children from reading the book, as it is intended for adult audiences, unlike most of Shan's previous works. The story runs parallel to its predecessor, Procession of the Dead. Hell's Horizon was released in January 2011 in the US.

Characters

Al Jeery

Bill Casey

Jerry

Ellen

Howard Kett

Nicholas Hornyak

Rudi Ziglier

Ford Tasso

Vincent Carell

Cardinal

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