Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships [Hardcover]

After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession.Mike Mignola'sfascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; readingDraculaat age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects likeCosmic OdysseyandBatman: Gotham by Gaslight. In 1994, he published the firstHellboyseries through Dark Horse. There are thirteenHellboygraphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien,andSir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's filmBram Stoker's Dracula(1992), was a production designer for Disney'sAtlantis: The Lost Empire(2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro onBlade II(2002),Hellboy(2004), andHellboy II: The Golden Army(2008). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.

Christopher Goldenis theNew York Timesbestselling author of such novels asSnowblind, Tin Men, The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, andOf Saints and Shadows. He has also written books for teens and young adults, includingPoison Ink, Soulless, and the thriller series Body of Evidence, which was honored by the New ls)