As Grubbs begins to settle down, he meets and befriends Bill-E Spleen, another orphan who visits Dervish often to learn magic. Dervish explains to Grubbs that using magic is possible as Grubbs himself used magic to flee from Lord Loss and his minions. He refuses to respond to treatment until he is visited by his father's younger brother, Dervish Grady, who tells Grubbs that he knows demons exist and convinces Grubbs to finally accept help.Īfter Grubbs recovers, he lives with the rather eccentric Dervish in his mansion near the village of Carcery Vale. One night, he finds the mutilated bodies of his family and encounters Lord Loss, a gruesome human-like demon who sets his two familiars, Vein and Artery, on Grubbs.Īlthough Grubbs manages to escape, he is deeply traumatized and is placed in a mental institute. Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, the younger child of chess-obsessed parents, grows increasingly uneasy with the recent strange, nervous behavior of his parents and sister. The novel is set in Ireland and is told in present tense first person through Grubbs Grady, a child whose family are all chess players. Soon after, it appeared in Japan and America, where Shan's previous series, The Saga of Darren Shan, had sold millions. It was originally published in the UK on 6 June 2005. Lord Loss is the first novel in the Demonata series written by best-selling teenage horror author Darren Shan.
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