An original tale of the Gothic and supernatural, rendered in crisp pen & ink by renowned illustrator Max West, creator of Sunnyville Stories When newcomer Vlad Magnus descends upon the remote Eastern Tennessee town of Richten, nobody suspects his true nature - as an unearthly creature of the night The only one who dares to challenge this unholy menace is August Von Herling, a precocious youth newly arrived from Germany. Can Von Herling vanquish Vlad Magnus or will the townspeople fall prey to this vicious vampire?