Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi

Summary: Granny Viper is a "people finder," a searcher for lost souls along the roads of a forbidding wasteland. Her latest mission: the safe return of a young woman named Tae, kidnapped eight years ago by vampire Nobility and held in Castle Gradinia on the Frontier's far border. But rescuing Tae is only half the battle--Viper knows she and the girl can't cross the formidable expanse to the town of Barnabas alone. After making the fatal mistake of hiring the mercenary Bullow Brothers to help her, Granny turns to the legendary Vampire Hunter D for salvation. As they traverse the bleak desert between the Inner and Outer Frontier, the two women and D find themselves in a race for their lives. And they soon discover how cruel the desert is--and how very ruthless the Bullow Brothers are . . .

Review: This was the latest of the Vampire Hunter D books to be translated into English, and, in my opinion, it is the best so far. While other books in the series tend to not focus on character development, this one provides the reader with a cast that is easy to keep up with and interesting in their unfolding lives. D, in relating to this group of characters, gives more of himself away--something he rarely does. The description and atmosphere of this book lives up to Kikuchi's reputation as a pulp writer.

I give this one an 8/10, simply deducting due to the heavy writing style and fast pace which might through some readers off of the book series.

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