<DIV><B>The long-awaited second series to <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Dance in the Vampire Bund</I> starts here!</B><BR><BR><I>Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order</I> is an all-new ongoing sequel series to <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Dance in the Vampire Bund</I>. Picking up where the three-volume side story <I>Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledge Hammer</I> left off, <I>Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order</I> returns the focus of the story to the Bund’s most popular characters: Princess Mina and her werewolf bodguard Akira.<BR><BR></DIV><DIV>The Dance in the Vampire Bund manga series has been adapted into a hit anime in Japan and is distributed by FUNimation in North America. The manga series has repeatedly hit the <I>New York Times</I> Manga Bestsellers List with each new release.<BR><BR>After millennia in hiding, Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a special district off the coast of Japan that is to become the haven to vampires the world over!</DIV>