The Saga of Darren Shan 1 : Cirque du Freak Cirque du Freak is the first novel in The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan It is part of the Vay, which coa Cirque du Freak was first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins in 2000, and was later published in the Vampire Blood Series in 2003 and 2004 Cirque du Freak is now aDarren Shan has been fascinated by spiders frorown up reading horror co the "Cirque du Freak" Darren and Steve areshow, especially by the act of the iant, deathly poisonous spider, Madam Octa