Yashakiden Vol. 4

Book excerpt: Demon City Shinjuku is in desperate trouble. The vampire invasion begun by evil Chinese vampire Princess and her followers is now threatening the life of every citizen, human and otherwise, in the haunted city. The Prime Minister of Japan is now under her influence. Countless people in Shinjuku are being converted into vampires each hour. Meanwhile, Mayor Kajiwara travels outside Demon City to seek the help of national leaders. Setsura Aki, Doctor Mephisto and Yakou meet again in an uneasy reunion in Princess’s kingdom. Once staunch allies, each man now harbors a different agenda. Setsura, surrounded by enemies, now must face down the greatest enemy Shinjuku has ever seen on his own. Meanwhile, the outside world has concocted its own secret plan for containing the vampire outbreak to Demon City—once and for all. As Princess devises her own wicked plan to ensure Setsura, the world’s leaders begin the countdown to Demon City Shinjuku’s destruction… From the acclaimed Japanese horror writer Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D, The Wicked City series) comes his next big novel series for the English audience; Yashakiden: The Demon Princess. With over two million copies sold in Japan and set in the popular Wicked City universe, this four-volume series is not to be missed by followers of Kikuchi’s works as well as fans of horror and the macabre.