Best known for his children’s books, and building on their success, Procession of the Dead (part of The City Trilogy) - first published 10 years ago, but now revisited - sees Shan’s first foray into adult literature surface as a gritty, noirish, urban fantasy.
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Fave book of 2008 to date! *****

I was actually unfamiliar with D.B. Shan prior to reading this book, but I’ve genuinely become a bit of a convert and am interested in seeing what else he’s got to write! I hope this book is released in a wider format in the states at some point, but for now, keep it on your radar or find a copy on eBay.
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As trilogies go, D B Shan’s ‘City’ has been a long time coming. Procession of the Dead was originally released, as the author’s début novel, under the title Ayuamarca, in 1999. The second book swiftly followed, but the third never saw light of day. Given the author’s success – oddly enough, in children’s literature – the trilogy has been extensively re-edited by the author and re-released to a more receptive and eager public.
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Procession of the Dead comes from the Incan word Ayuamarca, which literally translated gives the book its title. It is also the Incan name for the month of November, and the title of the novel’s 11th chapter. In fact all of the chapter titles are taken from the Incan names for the months. It is a clever hook that Shan bases his narrative on; were the reader so inclined, they could research and dissect the minutia that Shan has layered into what was in 1999 his first novel. Sadly, I was not so inclined.
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Capac Raimi arrives in the City full of ambition. He intends to make a name for himself in his Uncle Theo’s protection business. And, as he always knew he would, Capac turns out to be good at it. He loves the seedy side of the City and he has no compunction in using any dirty tricks to climb the gangster ladder. Capac’s ultimate aim is to work directly for the Cardinal, the City’s godfather. The Cardinal is the City and the City is the Cardinal. But when Capac finally gets his wish, things start to unravel.
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IT’S true that you can’t tell a book by it’s cover. Actually, scrub that. Most of the time you can do just that. If the picture on the dust jacket happens to show a gorgeous gal kitted out in suspenders, sprawled over a four-poster and brandishing a family-sized jar of peanut butter… Well, you don’t have to glance at the title to know you aren’t about to snuggle down with Little Women.
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Something nasty in the City

DB Shan is the not very well disguised alias of prolific award-winning children’s author Darren Shan – but you wouldn’t want your kids reading this.

Bringing his dark side well to the fore he revels in this strangely magical and mysterious but compelling and well-disguised horror story.
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Whilst I have already broken my record for books read in a year with the Night Watch trilogy I came across this and read it the other day.

I don’t know the author but I believe he wrote this some time ago and has rewritten it (sort of directors cut) and republished. The author is a well known fantasy writer aimed at the children’[s market.
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I have read all of Shan’s book. Therefore buying this book was going to happen no matter what. As the first adult book I have read by Shan I was not sure if i was going to like it. I loved it. The story is gripping and although predictable in places, kept me reading to the end and left me wondering what’s going to happen. The nameless city Shan has created is full of life and full of secrets. 5 stars….especially if you’re a shan fan.

http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/procession-of-the-dead–the-city-trilogy-book-1

THE FIRST Darren O’Shaughnessy novel came out in 1999, subtitled The City: Book One, but there was no sequel: by the following year the writer had become Darren Shan, author and eponymous hero of a best-selling vampire saga for younger readers. Now, “extensively revised,” his debut reappears as Procession of the Dead by D.B. Shan. The new byline is an uneasy compromise: the publisher’s desire to keep the bestselling “brand” in conflict with a recognition that this explicit, brutal fantasy was not written for children.
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