Lord Loss by Darren Shan

The protagonist of Lord Loss by Darren Shan is a boy named Grubbs. His family is made up by his parents, his elder sister Gret and himself . He lives a perfectly normal life until one night, demons kill his family and Grubbs barely escapes from them. Grubbs has an uncle named Dervish and another brother named Billy-E. The story takes place in Grubbs' home, at Dervish's home, at the insane asylum, in a forest and in a cellar. In the story Grubbs' family is murdered by demons and he is sent to his uncle's house where he finds his long lost brother who, as Grubbs will later discover, is a werewolf. Then Grubbs will be forced to fight Lord Loss, a powerful demon master. The story takes place because Grubbs' family is cursed and to free the family from the curse, Grubbs will have to challenge the deadly Lord Loss at a chess match.

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