Volume one ina fast-paced, cinematic trilogy shot through with supernaturalblack humor
In Santa Mondega, an unnamed book brings violent death to anyone who reads it, amysterious blue stonethe Eye of the Moonhas vanished, a total eclipse is about to cast the city into utter darkness, and in the shadowed streets lurks the serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid. Detective Miles Jensen must race to uncover the link between the book, the murders, and theKid. But as the mystery unravels, he discovers that there's more to Santa Mondega than meets the eye. Not only is the place full of gangsters, martial-arts monks, lowlifes, bounty hunters, and an Elvis-impersonating hitman, there is a whole bunch of vampires, too.
