All seems to be going well for Nauka, the schizophrenic leader of a bounty-hunting group, when she decides to go home to visit her brother. Everything goes downhill right from the beginning, however, when Nauka is bitten by a heatstroke, Astatia's version of the vampire. With this incident, Nauka and her group are immediately drawn into her brother's affairs, as the heatstroke that bit Nauka is a long-time enemy of his. The changing into a heatstroke, the deaths that follow, and a mysterious boo ... more »

All seems to be going well for Nauka, the schizophrenic leader of a bounty-hunting group, when she decides to go home to visit her brother. Everything goes downhill right from the beginning, however, when Nauka is bitten by a heatstroke, Astatia's version of the vampire. With this incident, Nauka and her group are immediately drawn into her brother's affairs, as the heatstroke that bit Nauka is a long-time enemy of his. The changing into a heatstroke, the deaths that follow, and a mysterious book that Nauka wrote in childhood all make up the beginning of a series that no one will forget.  Less