"One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game. This game, he explains, pits one lone giant robot against a horde of alien invaders. To play the game, all they have to do is sign a simple contract. The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact"--Cover flap.

Ferid and Krul have been captured and are being subjected to torture by the other vampire nobles.

The ghost of fifteen-year-old Alfonso Jones travels in a New York subway car full of the living and the dead, watching his family and friends fight for justice after he is killed by an off-duty police officer while buying a suit in a Midtown department store.

Clinging to the hope of one day returning to their homes, Teru and Ako have overcome obstacle after obstacle and survived the most painful experiences in their lives. But even as they come closer to their goal, more challenges await them as the cataclysmic after-effects of the massive disaster continue. Will they be able to reach Tokyo--alive?

In yet another town, Ako and Nimura encounter a citizenry that is contemplating the unimaginable in order to escape the pain and suffering of the world. Could salvation lie with the strange young man with a scar on his head who appears and whispers the words "Dragon head"?

"Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The twenty-four tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy...