V-Wars Volume 1: Crimson Queen

Illustrated by Alan Robinson
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$9.99 US
On sale Oct 21, 2014 | 120 Pages | 9781631400636

Now a Netflix series starring Ian Somerhalder.

V-Wars is set in a world transformed by a global pandemic caused by a millenia-old virus that, once triggered, affects individuals differently depending on their DNA resulting in vampires as unique as their cultures. But, the response from unaffected humans is like never before leading to all-out war.

New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry takes you on a non-stop thrill ride of action, horror and suspense! These all-new tales chronicling the early days of the Vampire Wars offer the first salvo in the battle between humans and hundreds of new species of vampires! No matter how it ends, The world is going to bleed. Collects issues #1–5.
Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning suspense author, editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator, and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold in more than two-dozen countries.

Among his numerous book and comic credits are the shared-world anthologies V-Wars and its sequels, V-Wars: Blood & Fire, V-Wars: Night Terrors, and V-Wars: Shockwaves; the X-Files short story anthologies The Truth Is Out There, Trust No One, and Secret Agendas; the V-Wars comic series; and the comic series adaptation of his zombie novel Rot & Ruin; all from IDW Publishing.

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Now a Netflix series starring Ian Somerhalder.

V-Wars is set in a world transformed by a global pandemic caused by a millenia-old virus that, once triggered, affects individuals differently depending on their DNA resulting in vampires as unique as their cultures. But, the response from unaffected humans is like never before leading to all-out war.

New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry takes you on a non-stop thrill ride of action, horror and suspense! These all-new tales chronicling the early days of the Vampire Wars offer the first salvo in the battle between humans and hundreds of new species of vampires! No matter how it ends, The world is going to bleed. Collects issues #1–5.

Author

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning suspense author, editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator, and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold in more than two-dozen countries.

Among his numerous book and comic credits are the shared-world anthologies V-Wars and its sequels, V-Wars: Blood & Fire, V-Wars: Night Terrors, and V-Wars: Shockwaves; the X-Files short story anthologies The Truth Is Out There, Trust No One, and Secret Agendas; the V-Wars comic series; and the comic series adaptation of his zombie novel Rot & Ruin; all from IDW Publishing.

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