The Demonata: Lord Loss

The Demonata: Lord Loss
By Darren Shan
Level: 4.5
PT: 8
Genre: fiction

Lord Loss is a about a boy named Grubbs Grady who’s family is obsessed with chess. His parents find out he’s smoking and ground him, he finds out it’s his sister that “Rats” on him. He decides to give her a piece of his mind by putting dead rodents in her shower rob, it gets him in even more trouble. Wile he’s grounded he notices his family is acting different. His parents unground him to see a so-called ballet concert he refuses and goes over to his aunt’s house. Grubbs goes back to his house only to be scared for life by real live “demons”(note: the demons kill his family)(also note: “Lord Loss” is one of the demons). Then his life gets brighter when his uncle adopts him. Grubbs finds out that his uncle is a millionaire and is living off the money of an ancestor who was powerful magician. He also finds out that he can do magic and so can all the Grady’s (that’s all his relatives). Grubbs also meets an interesting little fellow named Bill- E. While they are walking in the forest they get evidence that his uncle is a werewolf (not exactly, wink, wink). While bill-E and Grubbs are trying to bust his uncle, Grubbs finds out that Bill-E is the real werewolf!!!!!! They try to save bill-E by asking Lord Loss, the demon who killed his family. Lord Loss agrees to help if they play him in a game of chess. The game is played simply; someone versus two demons while someone else plays lord loss in a game of chess, with catch if the person who is fighting the demons dies then the demons can kill the person that is playing chess against lord loss, also if the person playing chess loses the two people die. Well sorry love to tell you the rest but can’t. Find out who wins, who dies, and who loses by reading the book!!


I recommend this book to anyone. If your not convinced to read the book yet then you probably didn’t read the first paragraph. This book will amaze you wile scaring you; it is defiantly one of the best books I have ever read! And Darren Shan is an awesome writer.