In Demon City Shinjuku, the evil influence of Chinese vampire Princess and her followers has begun to penetrate and poison every corner of the haunted city. Now accompanied by General Kazikli Bey—a 500-year-old Eastern European vampire of legendary evil—the deadly Princess seeks to destroy manhunter Setsura Aki. Setsura enters the lair of the Demon Princess—the same lair that Yakou disappeared into and never returned from. What horrors await Shinjuku’s beautiful demon hunter in the uncharted depths of Princess’s mansion? And what is the significance of Doctor Mephisto’s mysterious activities in the secret underground “Resurrection Room” of Mephisto Hospital? The crisis in Shinjuku forces the outside world to take action. Now, supernatural specialists from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces “Foreign Legion” division begin covert operations—with their own agenda. The conflicting forces in Demon City are set to explode! 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.

Beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki has seen strange and even dangerous creatures in Demon City Shinjuku. The ravaged city living on borrowed time at the edge of a black hole is a place where sin and debauchery can be found around every corner. But nothing prepared him for the arrival of them. Four Chinese vampires – frighteningly evil, ancient and deadly. They have waited centuries for the perfect moment to enter the only city suited to them...Shinjuku. Led by the breathtakingly beautiful – female vampire known only as Princess, they begin claiming victims in the haunted city, using every sensual and sadistic means at their disposal. What could be their ultimate aim? Setura Aki, Shinjuku’s No. 1 private eye, along with enigmatic Doctor Mephisto, must stop Princess and her three followers before Demon City falls under their spell forever. Can these two men unravel the mystery and use their own extraordinary paranormal talents to stop this ultimate evil? Or will they be destroyed by unfathomable powers greater than any they could have imagined? 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.

"Beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki has seen strange and even dangerous creatures in Demon City Shinjuku. The ravaged city living on borrowed time at the edge of a black hole is a place where sin and debauchery can be found around every corner. But nothing prepared him for the arrival of them. Four Chinese vampires -- frighteningly evil, ancient and deadly. They have waited centuries for the perfect moment to enter the only city suited to them ... Shinjuku. Led by the breathtakingly beautiful--and depraved--female vampire known only as Princess, they begin claiming victims in the haunted city, using every sensual and sadistic means at their disposal. What could be their ultimate aim? Setsura Aki, Shinjuku's No. 1 private eye, along with the enigmatic Doctor Mephisto, must stop Princess and her three followers before Demon city falls under their spell forever. Can these two men unravel the mystery and use their own extraordinary paranormal talents to stop this ultimate evil? Or will they be destroyed by unfathomable powers greater than any they could imagine?"--Page 4 of cover

The year is 12,090 A.D., and what little is left of humanity has finally crawled out from the ashes of war and destruction. From the darkness of fallout, mutants and a race of vampires known as the Nobility have spawned. They rule the weak with no remorse. Once bitten by a Nobility, one is cursed to become a member of the undead. Villagers cower in fear, hoping and praying for a savior to rid them of their undying nightmare. All they have to battle this danger is a different kind of danger - a Vampire Hunter.

After Princess, a legendary Chinese vampire, unleashes a vampire plague in the city of Shinjuku, a secret government plan is hatched to stop it from spreading by any means necessary.

"Beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki has seen strange and even dangerous creatures in Demon City Shinjuku. The ravaged city living on borrowed time at the edge of a black hole is a place where sin and debauchery can be found around every corner. But nothing prepared him for the arrival of them. Four Chinese vampires -- frighteningly evil, ancient and deadly. They have waited centuries for the perfect moment to enter the only city suited to them ... Shinjuku. Led by the breathtakingly beautiful--and depraved--female vampire known only as Princess, they begin claiming victims in the haunted city, using every sensual and sadistic means at their disposal. What could be their ultimate aim? Setsura Aki, Shinjuku's No. 1 private eye, along with the enigmatic Doctor Mephisto, must stop Princess and her three followers before Demon city falls under their spell forever. Can these two men unravel the mystery and use their own extraordinary paranormal talents to stop this ultimate evil? Or will they be destroyed by unfathomable powers greater than any they could imagine?"--Page 4 of cover.

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!

"Beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki has seen strange and even dangerous creatures in Demon City Shinjuku. The ravaged city living on borrowed time at the edge of a black hole is a place where sin and debauchery can be found around every corner. But nothing prepared him for the arrival of them. Four Chinese vampires -- frighteningly evil, ancient and deadly. They have waited centuries for the perfect moment to enter the only city suited to them ... Shinjuku. Led by the breathtakingly beautiful--and depraved--female vampire known only as Princess, they begin claiming victims in the haunted city, using every sensual and sadistic means at their disposal. What could be their ultimate aim? Setsura Aki, Shinjuku's No. 1 private eye, along with the enigmatic Doctor Mephisto, must stop Princess and her three followers before Demon city falls under their spell forever. Can these two men unravel the mystery and use their own extraordinary paranormal talents to stop this ultimate evil? Or will they be destroyed by unfathomable powers greater than any they could imagine?"--Page 4 of cover.

Kyoya and Sayaka and the three mythic Knights of Marduk are invited to the Babylon Palace giving them the opportunity to find out who the Lord of Babylon Palace really is.

The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue! Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12, 090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world. But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine. FOR MATURE READERS