High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck is the protagonist of Demon Thief, the second book of the series The Demonata by Darren Shan and Dark Calling, the ninth book in the Demonata series. He is one of the three main characters in the series. Kernel is mentioned in Slawter, and appears in Demon Thief, Demon Apocalypse, Death`s Shadow, Wolf Island, Dark Calling and Hell`s Heroes.