"Originally published in Japan in 1988 by Asahi Sonoroma Co."--T.p. verso.
Summary:
Even a reluctant hero can't refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, a mortally wounded woman gives Vampire Hunter D a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, in a far-off, North Sea fishing village. D's journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the woman's murderer--they'll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him?--From publisher description.
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