In a village on the edge of the Frontier, D is among the warriors and mercenaries hired to defend the village from the Black Death, a notorious bandit gang. But the bandits don’t arrive, and the village mayor dismisses the mercenaries. As D leaves the scene, he’s struck by “sunlight syndrome” — the deadly ailment unique to dhampirs! This volume, presented in English for the first time, features gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.