Yashakiden: The Demon Princess Volume 1 (Novel) Paperback / softback

After a devastating earthquake that left most of Japan in ruins, thedistrict ward of Shinjuku in Tokyo has opened up a doorway into anotherdimension — becoming the halfway-house suspended between the mortal worldand the supernatural.

It has become a place where the living fight a losingbattle with monsters and demons from the netherworld — a constant strugglefor control on grounds which inevitably may plunge into the depths of Hell. Factory manager by day and moonlighting P.I. by night, Setsura Aki is nostranger to danger. Specializing in missing-persons cases and considered thebest "man hunter" in the business, he allies himself with friend and rival,Doctor Mephisto, a wizard of physical and spiritual surgery.

Together in battle,there is none that can compete with their combined wit and power — untilnow.

Coming from the deepest and darkest parts of China, four immortal vampires,led by one of unmatched beauty who goes by the ubiquitous title "Princess,"mystically sail into landlocked Shinjuku aboard an ancient ghost ship.

She andher ancient undead entourage with powers never before seen of vampires, havesurmounted four thousand years of space and time to seize control of Shinjukuand make it their own. It is up to Setsura and Mephisto to uncover their newformidable foes' true origins and to reveal the truth behind the Princess's darkplans for the city.