VAMPIRE HUNTER D: DARK NOCTURNE

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vol. 1: Vampire Hunter D

vol. 2: Raiser of Gales

vol. 3: Demon Deathchase

vol. 4: Tale of the Dead Town

vol. 5: The Stuff of Dreams

vol. 6: Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane

vol. 7: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea part one

vol. 8: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea part two

vol. 9: The Rose Princess

VAMPIRE HUNTER D 10: dark nocturne

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Cover art by Yoshitaka Amano

English translation by Kevin Leahy

Book design by Heidi Whitcomb

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kikuchi, Hideyuki, 1949-

[Kurai nokutan. English]

Dark nocturne / written by Hideyuki Kikuchi ; illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano ; English translation by Kevin Leahy.

p. cm. -- (Vampire hunter ; 10)

“Originally published in Japan in 1992 by Asahi Sonoroma Co.”--T.p. Verso.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-132-4

I. Amano, Yoshitaka. II. Leahy, Kevin. III. Title.

PL832.I37K8713 2008

2007048643

ISBN 978-1-59582-132-4

ePub ISBN 978-1-62115-496-9

First Dark Horse Books Edition: April 2008

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Printed in the United States of America