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It is the year 1967 in the magnificent and dreamy St. Petersburg. The world is ruled by the magic of aristocrats, the sounds of rock and roll are blasting even in the palace of Her Imperial Majesty, and Russian Volgas are successfully going up against American Pontiacs on the wide avenues at night. Another frantic unauthorized race under the stars ends in tragedy. Doctors and healers, who have already announced the death of the sixteen-year-old Prince Alexander Gorchakov Jr., attribute his miraculous salvation to his suddenly awakened gift.

Fesselnd, düster, gewaltig: Das Finale der großen Vampir-Saga "Vampyria” aus Frankreich. Jeanne hat alles im Kampf gegen Ludwig den Unwandelbaren gegeben – vergeblich. Doch jetzt erhält sie die Möglichkeit, die Schreckensherrschaft des Vampirkönigs ein für alle Mal zu beenden. Denn der Widerstand, jene geheimnisvolle Organisation, die im Verborgenen gegen die Vampiraristokratie vorgeht, bittet Jeanne um einen ungeheuerlichen Gefallen: Sie soll den finsteren Piratenkapitän Pâle Phoebus verführen, um ihn in den Kampf um Vampyria zu verwickeln.

At the best of times, Jeremiah could be described as a vengeful man. In the worst of times, one could call him a monster. The reality, though, was that he was a monster hunter. Or that's how he liked to style himself. In a world of creatures that went bump in the night, few fought for humanity. Fewer still put humanity first. Fighting with sword, blade, or word, their numbers were insufficient. Those who did did so from places and situations that the world didn't appreciate or condone. That they'd actively disavow and ignore.

Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black Americans from emotional slavery. His empty soda cans told him as much. Then he meets Kim, a transgender runaway who joins Grimace on his heroic quest. Is Grimace receiving aluminum missives from the gods, or is he a madman? Kim will find out soon enough on a strange journey they’ve been destined to share.

The neighborhood of the Little East is a collision of cultures, languages, and traditions, hidden away in the city of Maradaine. A set of streets to be avoided or ignored. When a foreign dignitary is murdered, solving the crime falls to the most unpopular inspectors in the Maradaine Constabulary: exposed fraud Satrine Rainey, and Uncircled mage Minox Welling.