Vampire Hunter D

Name: Vampire Hunter D
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi
ISBN: 9781666166446

Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi, Kevin Leahy

Series: Vampire Hunter D #1

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/15/2022

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction

Synopsis

12,090 AD. 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 . . .

About Hideyuki Kikuchi

Hideyuki Kikuchi is a Japanese author famous for his horror novels. His most famous works include the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues, and Wicked City. He has been compared to both Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft. Kikuchi was born in Choshi, Japan, on September 25, 1949. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, Demon City Shinjuku, was published in 1982. Kikuchi became close friends with writer and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri during his adaption of Wicked City and the two have since collaborated on Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and the OVA of Demon City Shinjuku.

Reviews

Goodreads review by F.D. on May 01, 2020

A dream within a dream. It is the best way to explain the premise of this book. In so many other Vampire Hunter D mangas, the way forward is usually easy to follow. However, in this installment, eventhough it was enjoyable throughout with its amazing art work and typical chock full of D’s amazing col......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on August 05, 2019

So far, this is the best volume of Vampire Hunter D. D winds up in a village where everyone has dreamed of him. He is directed to the hospital. Once there the director takes him to a young woman. She has been bitten by a vampire, the twist she has been in a coma for 30 years!......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 08, 2021

Vampire Hunter D takes place in an alternate version of Earth where Dr. Van Helsing failed to kill Dracula and save Mina Harker; which resulted in Dracula killing the cast of Bram Stoker’s original novel, enslaving humanity and ruling the world with an army of scientifically manufactured demons at h......more

Goodreads review by Léna on April 25, 2024

Although D is still gorgeous and amazing, I couldn't really catch the story of this one. It's a dream within a dream that's clear, but how and why and what were the motivations of certain characters here...? Everyone was made up by the sleeping girl and they had realised they're only exist in her dre......more

Goodreads review by Brennan on January 23, 2025

I get it now......more