The Stuff of Dreams

Each and every story of the Vampire Hunter D novels, up to now, have been different, strange, twisted and interesting to the point where I can't let the book down. This story is even more dark, weird and wild than before. Somebody has called Vampire Hunter D to a small, peaceful village. A village that seems to have nothing wrong with it. Where everybody, Noble and mortal, seems to have lived in peace for thousands of years. There is no crime, no murders, no bad guys, no fear. But something is very, very wrong. Because it looks like reality may not be real. As D slices through the layers of reality around him, he finds more and more questions to the answers he finds. What is going on? Who called him to the village? Can he, victory or defeat, escape from a village that may not be real?

This book has a very interesting twist at the end. Think of it like Alice in Wonderland. Yet again, I love the book.

An interesting twist to the saga of the dhampir, D. In this story we find D unable to get a good night's (or is day's?) rest. Not because he is hounded by demons and bounty hunters, his nights are restless because everytime he closes his eyes he experiances the same dream over and over again. And when he arrives in a village that has been at peace with vampires since who knows when, things get even more strange when he meets the girl in his dreams...asleep for the past 30 years from a vampire's "kiss." As with the other D novels, we are plagued constantly about how beautiful the dhampir is, which gets old after the 2nd or 3rd novel. But unlike the previous 4 novels, D is placed in a situation unlike anything he has faced before. No matter how much he tries, someone or something will not let him leave the village. To say more will ruin the excellent story. An excellent read. Recommended age of reader, 13. No sex, mild language, some horror violence, but nothing a teenager couldn't handle.

For the casual reader, even some not-so-casual, some of the aspects of the novel can be very confusing: what's real? what's not? But, overall, I found myself very much enjoying this book, as I have the previous 4, and would recommend the series to anyone who is into fantasy/sci-fi settings.

Yet again another great book from Hideyuki Kikuchi. I have enjoyed all of this series so far, but the only thing I wish was that the translation was a little better. I really pretty good, it just sometimes the wording doesn't make sense at first. In the end you do get the jist of it. Great book, and if you liked the movies you should pick up the series.