The Man Who Cast No Shadow (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong>A grisly terror of ancient legend creeps into the modern age and only one eccentric Frenchman can stop it.</strong></p><p>From the pages of <em>Weird Tales</em> magazine this classic occult detective story introduces the diminutive brilliant and often exasperated Dr. Jules de Grandin accompanied by his skeptical American companion Dr. Trowbridge.</p><p>The investigation begins subtly: a charming but unsettling European nobleman Count Czerny appears at a local social gathering. De Grandin immediately senses something profoundly wrong noting the Count's disturbingly intense history and the tell-tale sign of his hairy palms--a symbol of a primal dangerous nature.</p><p>The horror escalates rapidly. A young man is found savagely attacked and nearly drained of blood bearing peculiar bite marks on his throat. Soon after local women report being harassed by an unsavory ancient-looking man and a young debutante vanishes without a trace.</p><p>De Grandin quickly pieces together the signs--the sudden illness the disappearances and the suspicious purchase of every ounce of garlic in town--to realize they are facing a very real very old-world vampire. This thrilling fast-paced tale of the supernatural sees the French occult detective race against time to confront the sinister Count Czerny and plunge a wooden stake into the heart of a terrifying legend.</p>