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Vampire Hunter D: Tale of the Dead Town

By: Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano - illustrator, Kevin Leahy - translator
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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When a floating city becomes the target of a rash of vampire attacks, only one man can restore the oasis.

"The City," a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seemed like a paradise.

A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampires threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Raleigh Knight, and the brash John M. Brassalli Pluto VIII seize control of the city lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just beginning.

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©1986, 2022 Hideyuki Kikuchi; All artwork Copyright Yoshitaka Amano; English translation Copyright 2006, 2022 Dark Horse Comics, LLC. (P)2022 Tantor
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Tale of the Dead Town

4th book in the series. The story was fine, and performance was really good.
The first few books had just a small tid bit about D's past, and possible connection to the Ancient Ancestor.
This book didnt really give any new information on that subject. I guess its fine to have a stand alone story that has nothing to do with more of D's character development. But it just feels like its the same thing over and over, that hes gorgeous, has a powerful aura, and for some reason doesnt die from a steak to the heart anymore. It gets abit over played.

Otherwise, the story is very unique. I love the writing style, the world is really well developed and the plot is woven in really well.

I do seem to experience a very annoying aspect to these books, and that is the very short endings. Theres not much wrap up. Job done, bad guy killed, D rides away. Like, nothing else? Where is he going? What are his thoughts on what happened? Are the surviving characters ok? I am only a few books in, hopefully that changes.

Overall, I love the series and look forward to listening to the others

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ready for number 6 and 7

another amazing one. hopefully they release more in this series. Love this series so far.

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Lost in translation

Something must be lost in the translation. This book series has such high ratings, but the audiobook is so dry and bland.
I imagine the words are translated accurately, but the real meaning and flavor is lost in the translation.
I do not recommend getting this audiobook.

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Performance was good, but not like the previous 3

Voice performance not as good. Story of course is great. Narration is still on point for the series though. Enjoyed the character of Pluto a lot.

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