Mr. Crepsley leads Darren Shan on a dangerous trek to Vampire Mountain, the very heart of the vampire world, to be presented to the Council; but an encounter with the Vampaneze along the way means trouble.

Darren Shan is just an ordinary schoolboy who enjoys hanging out with his three best friends. Then one day they stumble across as invitation to visit the Cirque du Freak, a mysterious freak show. Only two tickets are available, so they draw straws to see who will go. As if by destiny, Darren wins one, and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires.

"Look what the cat dragged in...Zombies roam the earth and civilization as we know it is dead. When Jin - a young man trying to survive the chaos - rescues a cat from certain death, the unlikely duo sets off on a quest to find a mysterious island where Jim's wife may be alive. Witness the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a fearless feline whose curiosity may kill him yet." --

"BATTLE AT THE BANMON. The Banmon is a grim barrier between lands, a line that no man can cross alive. Its guardian: Tahomaru, a mysterious warrior with the same prosthetics as Hyakkimaru. Both men lost pieces of themselves to demons, and both men stood tall again thanks to the inventions of doctor Jukai. In another world, they might have met in friendship. But with Hyakkimaru's companion Dororo missing, a fated and bloody conflict looms."--Page [4]...

Long ago, the human race nearly destroyed itself in a nuclear war. Our folly was foreseen by the vampire lords known as the Nobles, emerging from the shelter of their crypts to rule the survivors. With dark science and undying patience, the Nobles made real wonders and horrors of which mortals had merely dreamed. Yet their reign grew decadent at last, and humanity reclaimed its heritage, pushing the Nobles out to the violent borderlands of the Frontier....

"An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body 'Remina' after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction. Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe?"--Back cover.