In a tiny village, cut-off from the outside world, unnatural events are menacing the populace. Apparitions of vampires and zombies terrorise the townsfolk and they come to believe that the Devil occupies the abandoned castle looming over their town. A visitor to the region, a young Count, vows to liberate the town from this thrall - pitting his reason against the forces of superstition. But his limits of reason are breached when he sees his long-lost dead loved one. In a brilliant new translation, this gripping, genre-creating story is again brought to life.
