Dance in the Vampire Bund

*Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledgehammer* serves as a bridge between the first and second story arcs of the hit manga series *Dance in the Vampire Bund*. Three months have passed since Princess Mina, queen of all vampires, has recaptured the Bund. The damage inflicted to vampire/human relations runs deep, but a peaceful postwar restoration is now underway. Yet appearances can be deceiving. Somebody is trying to kill government liaison Reiko Gotoh, but her lycanthrope bodyguard, Seiji Hama, is nowhere to be found. The mystery of Hama’s whereabouts can only be solved by examining the past, when the ill-fated couple first met. The past may be the key to saving Gotoh in the present and to the future of the Vampire Bund itself. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, edited)

Seven years have passed since Mina Țepeș' triumphant return to the Bund. The year is now 2020; integration of vampires into human society has greatly progressed, the threat from the three clans has been eliminated, her rule over vampiric society appears absolute, and the Bund has became an integral part of the world economy. Now Tokyo is hosting the Summer Olympics with Mina as guest of honor at the opening ceremonies. During her speech, terrorists infiltrate the stadium and demand that she close the Bund and remove all vampires from Japan. In front of TV cameras, Mina and Akira must confront the terrorists. And that's not the only threat waiting for them. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

The Vampire Bund, a peaceful island nation of vampires off the coast of Tokyo, ruled by Princess Mina Tepes, has seen its share of conflict and turmoil. And yet there are times of relative tranquility when the Bund is a popular tourist destination during daylight hours. When two teenage tourists, Garcia Fujisaki and his reckless best friend Masaki, ditch their group to find a vampire who will turn Masaki, it’s Garcia who pays the price. Awakening as an unwilling creature of the night, Garcia finds himself entangled with a seedy band of terrorists looking to destroy the only known cure for vampirism. Garcia must find the cure and administer it within forty-eight hours, or his condition is irreversible! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)