Title: BLOOD PLUS: RUSSIAN ROSE NOVEL (2008) #1

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

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BLOOD PLUS RUSSIAN ROSE NOVEL 01 (C: 0-1-2)
BLOOD+: RUSSIAN ROSE VOLUME 1 Karino Minazuki (W) and Ryo Takagi (A)
On sale Mar 18 b&w, 320 pages $8.95 Novel, 5 1/8' x 7 1/4' Petrograd, Russia, at the turn of the twentieth century. Throughout Europe a vampiric menace stalks the streets: Chiropterans, incredibly strong inhuman monsters. A new organization of vampire hunters named Red Shield battles to stop the beasts, but they are outnumbered in the face of the superior might of the creatures. All that stands between the creatures and the end of humanity is a lone girl: Saya. These two novels will explore the history of the Chiropteran menace, how Saya and her enigmatic mentor Hagi first met, and the inner secrets of the Red Shield organization. o Featuring eleven pages of illustrations by acclaimed manga artist Ryo Takagi. o A tale that reveals the past of the thrilling character created in the hit motion picture Blood: The Last Vampire and the TV series Blood+. BLOOD+ RUSSIAN ROSE volume 1 © Karino MINAZUKI 2006. © 2005 Production I.G o Aniplex o MBS o HAKUHODO. First published in Japan in 2006 by KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING Co., Ltd., Tokyo. English Translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING Co., Ltd., Tokyo through TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo.