Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan

…First published in 1999, Procession of the Dead was originally titled Ayuamarca and was intended to be the first novel in The City trilogy. Unfortunately, the series did not find an audience and the third book was never published. The original author, Darren O’Shaughnessy, went on to fame and fortune under a new pen name (Darren Shan) and with a new series. In 2008, Ayuamarca was re-written, re-titled and re-released, and was now written by “D.B. Shan.” It has since been released again with Darren Shan listed as the author… Although most of Darren Shan’s audience is drawn from his young adult work, Procession of the Dead’s stairway trysts make it clear that the story is written for an adult audience… Perhaps the greatest failing of Procession of the Dead is that its plot is less interesting than its publication and marketing history. On the other hand, Shan has two more novels to flesh out Capac’s corrupt world of criminal leadership. Read the rest.