A novelization of a Japanese anime classic finds humans locked in a struggle for survival against vampires as civilization collapses and vampire slayers become powerful individuals within a new feudal social structure.
This omnibus brings together volumes nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one of the Vampire Hunter D series, continuing the thrilling saga of the enigmatic dhampir, D. As he battles against dark forces and navigates a world filled with vampires and supernatural threats, readers can expect intense action, rich world-building, and the exploration of themes like identity and morality. This collection is perfect for fans eager to delve deeper into the gothic horror and adventure that defines this beloved series.
Out on the Frontier, the killers called the "Nameless" have no wanted posters--because everyone they go after winds up dead. Now D must measure his sword against these grotesque and deadly freaks! Hired by the mayor of Schwartzen to stop a corrupt political ploy that would sacrifice human lives to appease the local Noble, Grand Duke Bergenzy, the vampire hunter arrives in town to find his client has himself dropped dead under suspicious circumstances. His widow, wanting no more bloodshed, begs D to simply forget the job--but D's interest in the job is just beginning...
In a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, where mortals and vampires have lived in peace for years. It is there that sleeping beauty, Sheavil Schmidt, has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years.
The Nobility have captured a young Frontierswoman named Tae and held her captive for eight years. The mysterious people finder Granny Viper has been charged with the recovery of the girl... but can she trust her hired escorts, the notoriously shifty Bullow Brothers?
D is a vampire hunter--and he's just been paid ten times his asking price to do exactly that, an assignment to destroy Duke Van Doren, administrator of the northern Frontier.Among the complications are that no less than three other groups, each with their own agenda, are headed for the Duke themselves...and D's supposed to hang back from striking until his target has eliminated all three! The question is, will the Duke oblige the terms of the contract--or does he actually want to be destroyed?
A new omnibus collecting volumes sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen of the Vampire Hunter D horror novel series! The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal vampire lords who were the only winners of mankind’s nuclear war still oppress the human survivors who have pushed the blood-drinking fiends back to the lawless Frontier. Yet humanity too remains as quick as ever to prey upon itself, and where the law can’t bring safety or justice, the crescent blade of D will—assuming you meet the half-vampire wanderer’s price! Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Six collects in full two different novels. Tyrant’s Stars brings a legacy of evil hurtling down when a meteorite that destroys half a sector in the northern Frontier is revealed as none other than the return of Valcua, the undead Ultimate Noble, exiled from our planet millenia ago…and now back to wreak vengeance on the living descendants of those who banished him. Then, in Fortress of the Elder God, there is terror enough on Earth already, as D ventures forth against an ancient abomination that an army of 30,000 vampires once failed to destroy! The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Six collects volumes 16, 17, and 18 in author Hideyuki Kikuchi’s adventure horror series: Tyrant’s Stars Parts One and Two, Tyrant’s Stars Parts Three and Four, and Fortress of the Elder God. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the legend of D endures!
This omnibus brings together three volumes of the Vampire Hunter D series, continuing the dark and thrilling adventures of the enigmatic vampire hunter. Readers can expect a blend of horror, action, and supernatural elements as D confronts various foes in a richly imagined world. Each volume delves deeper into the lore and challenges faced by D, enhancing the overarching narrative of this iconic series. Perfect for fans and newcomers alike, this collection promises to deliver gripping tales and complex characters.
The mysterious D is a vampire hunter, one of those who protect the ordinary humans against the alliance of mutants and the race of vampires known as the Nobility, in the distant future of 12,090 A.D.
This omnibus collects volumes seven, eight, and nine of the Vampire Hunter D series, set in the dystopian future of 12,090 A.D. where immortal vampire lords reign over the remnants of humanity. The survivors, pushed back to the lawless Frontier, find themselves preyed upon by each other, as justice remains elusive. The half-vampire wanderer, D, offers a glimmer of hope, but only at a price. A young woman, gravely injured in the wastelands, entrusts D with a mission: to deliver a precious jewel to her sister Su-In in the North Sea town of Florence, once a haven for the vampiric Nobility. However, the town is now cursed, haunted by a malevolent force emerging from the ocean—something that strikes fear into the hearts of vampires. D's journey leads him to a confrontation with a misguided vampire hunter who disrupts a sinister ritual in the village of Sacri, only to become the target of the villagers' wrath. This raises questions about the dark pacts made with the Nobility that have unleashed their fury upon those who dare oppose them. This collection features Mysterious Journey to the North Sea Parts One and Two, along with The Rose Princess, all illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, ensuring the legend of D continues to captivate.
Demon City Shinjuku, home to monsters and magicians alike. The warlock Gento Roran has broken his fifteen-year slumber and seeks dominion over the city. Now resurrected from his accursed sarcophagus, he is accompanied by the Hyota, the "small superman." A secret seal has proclaimed that "Those who control Demon City will control the world." And so the stage is set for a fateful battle between Gento and Setsura Aki! Meanwhile, Doctor Mephisto, the Demon Physician, is treating a curious new patient -- a girl named Mayumi. Any man who has sex with her dies soon afterwards! This deadly cause and effect appears to be nothing more than coincidence at first. But only at first. And, assassination squads possessed of the most unusual ways of dealing death come after Setsura. One after the next, he's caught up in the fight of his life! What is this secret seal? And how is it connected to Mayumi? Hideyuki Kikuchi has again unleashed his creative powers in a thrilling and hair-raising tale of the supernatural in Maohden!
Commissioned by a vampire ancient to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It's time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen's resurrection! This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features eleven original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.
A mysterious bead and a young woman's dying wish have brought D to the seashore village of Florence--a town that's perpetually stuck in winter. Summer comes to this shore but one week a year and it brings something more than just the warm weather--the sole-surviving Noble comes out of hiding too! That rare bead may hold all the secrets of the Nobility and humans. With such an enticing artifact in his hand (literally!), D is doggedly pursued by the henchmen of the young woman's murderer. These unscrupulous assassins have no qualms using the dead woman's sister as bait to draw out D, but the mysterious Noble has other designs on her. Finally remembering what he has been seeking all these years, the Noble won't let anything get in his way--even a notorious vampire hunter like D!
Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish an ancient vampire who protects a buried treasure when the exiled renegade vampire, Valcua, returns to Earth to exact his revenge
Set in the badlands of 1880s Kansas, a bounty hunter named Shooter embarks on a quest to capture four outlaws, known as the "Dreams Made Flesh," who are manifestations of Cthulhu's fleeting thoughts. After successfully shooting one outlaw, he is left with perplexing mysteries as the corpse mysteriously disappears. Shooter's experience is further complicated by the fact that he fired multiple bullets without reloading, and his gun remained icy cold throughout the encounter, adding an eerie twist to his pursuit.
12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires-and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.Every village wants a Hunter-one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them...From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters and the Final Fantasy games.
A new omnibus collecting the first three volumes of the Vampire Hunter D horror novel series!It is 12,090 A.D., thousands of years since the human race nearly destroyed itself in a nuclear war--a folly foreseen by those who waited to emerge out of the underground...not from shelters, but from crypts!The aristocratic vampire lords known as the Nobles inherited our world, and with dark science and immortal patience made real the things that mortals had merely dreamed, whether voyaging to the distant stars, or conjuring monsters to roam the Earth.Yet the grand civilization of the Nobles has grown decadent, and as the terrorized remnants of humanity at last found the strength to rebel, their undying lords have been pushed back to the Frontier--the violent borderlands where humans still remain the prey of vampires, who for all their knowledge and power have never lost their obsession with our living flesh, blood...and souls!In this bizarre and deadly far future the most dangerous thing of all is not a vampire, but the one who hunts them--the one who is half them--a dhampir, the unearthly beautiful wanderer known as D. The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus collects the first three novels in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror Vampire Hunter D , Raiser of Gales , and Demon Deathchase . Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, this book is only the beginning of a legend!
The people of the village of Tepes once cowered in fear beneath the shadow of the Nobility manor. But the Nobility moved on, and the castle sat empty, a place whispered of in ghost stories to caution young people to stay away. One day four of the village children vanished. Only three returned, with no memory of what had happened or where they went. That was ten years ago. Now, in the year 12,090 A.D., vampires who can walk in the daylight have appeared. Did the disappearance of the children have something to do with the undead's newfound powers?
"Tsubasa Shiina is a fourth grader who just moved to Hokkaido with her father. Shy Tsubasa has a hard time making new friends at school. Her father is concerned, but he's just too busy with his new job. He even shows up late on Parents' Day. One night, Tsubasa sees a strange-looking object falling from the sky. Is it a spaceship!? It falls right into the woods by her house. It turns out to be a wounded alien in a damaged spaceship. All of a sudden, a monster starts coming at Tsubasa! Tsubasa suddenly transforms into "Figure." Confused and afraid, she somehow manages to defeat the monster with her new unbelievable power. After the fight, Tsubasa sees a girl who looks just like her - the girl's name is Hikaru!"--amazon.com.
Kyoya Izayoi is no ordinary high school student -- he's one of the few trained in the martial art of Nenpo, and wields a sword known as "Ashura." Little does he know, the walls between this world and the world of the spirits are getting thinner by day... and when the fault line separating these two worlds collapses, the city of Shinjuku is about to face the most devastating horror the human world has ever known. Kyoya is waiting -- can he stop a world of demons...'
Marquis Verenis—he's a powerful Noble...he's in possession of antimatter technology...and he's three hundred million dalas in debt to Old El, the lender of last resort out on the Frontier! The vampire lord even put up his castle as collateral—but not a single collection agent dispatched by El has returned, so it's time to call in an outside consultant, named D! But the mooching Marquis isn't the only one who owes the financier big time and would rather kill Old El than pay up—and those debtors too mean deadly trouble ahead for D...even if they are only human!
VAMPIRE HUNTER D spielt in einer düsteren, postnuklearen Zukunft und folgt dem geheimnisvollen Kopfgeldjäger »D«, der menschliche und vampirische Gene vereint. Die Serie kombiniert viktorianische Vampir-Geschichten, High Fantasy und Endzeit-Western und begeistert Fans des Anime.
Una folle avventura firmata Kikuchi, famoso autore di Vampire Hunter D! Due fratelli si ritrovano in mezzo a una nebbia fittissima a fronteggiare alcuni criminali. Arama, una specie di sexy farmacista e suo fratello Kumosuke, playboy che irretisce fanciulle dietro false promesse di matrimonio, si imbattono in Rappa, un giovane la cui testa vale cento milioni di gold. Chi sarà costui? Qual è la sua missione? I tre protagonisti iniziano così un viaggio allucinante e adrenalinico... Azione e colpi di scena in un selvaggio west del tutto surreale! Cowboy e samurai, katana e revolver, due volumi targati Gentosha (Red Garden, Drug On, Blood Sucker)! (Trama tratta dal sito dell'editore italiano)
Manga fantasy. Doktor Mephisto jest mężczyzną nie tylko zdolnym i przystojnym, lecz także tajemniczym i przerażającym. Potrafi wyleczyć każdą chorobę i ranę, zmienić ołów w złoto, przywołać mordercze bestie, a nawet wskrzesić zmarłych. Pewnego dnia pojawia się przed nim mężczyzna proszący o pomoc w przywróceniu życia swojego Pana. Doktor miałby tego dokonać za pomocą Dwunastu Nieśmiertelnych Trzewi. Odmowa Mephisto staje się wypowiedzeniem wojny tajemniczej organizacji, która chce osiągnąć swój cel za wszelką cenę.
