<p><b>The new novel in the acclaimed alternate history vampire series from Kim Newman. <br>"Compulsory reading... glorious" &#8211; Neil Gaiman on <i>Anno Dracula</i></b></p> <p><b>THE NEW MILLENNIUM...</b></p> </p> <p>Vampire princess Christina Light is throwing a New Year's Eve party in Daikaiju Plaza &#8211; a building in the shape of a giant mechanical dragon &#8211; in Tokyo, attended by world leaders of technology, finance and culture. </p> <p>But the party is crashed by less enlightened souls. The distinguished guests are held hostage by yakuza assassins and Transylvanian mercenaries. And vampire schoolgirl Nezumi &#8211; sword-wielding agent of the Diogenes Club &#8211; finds herself alone, pitted against the world's deadliest creatures. </p> <p>Thrown out of the party, she must fight her way back up through a building that seems designed to destroy her in a thousand ways. Can Nezumi survive past midnight?</p>