The young and idealistic brother to the war-hardened Strahd von Zarovich loves beautiful Tatyana, but so does Strahd. To win her hand, Strahd will do anything--even enter a pact with death and seal it with his brother's blood. Chapter illus....

some of the pratchment pages were the color of cream, thick and substantial, made to last many, many lifetimes. other pages were thin and desiccated, positively yellow from age, and crackled alarmingly as Van Richten turned them over. there were no ornate illuminations, no fussy borders, only lines of plain text in hard black ink. the flowing handwriting was a bit difficult to follow at first; the writer's style of calligraphy had not been in common use for three hundred years. no table of contents, but from the dates it looked to be some kind of history. he turned to the first page and read: I, Strahd, Lord of Barovia, well aware certain events of my reign have been desperately misunderstood by those who are better at garbling history than recording it, hereby set down an exact record of those events, that the truth may at last be known... he caught his breath. by all the good gods, a personal journal...

for more than a century, Strahd Von Zarovich has ruled Barovia with an iron hand, feeding on the blood of his vassals and fearing no one. in all the years of his tortured rule, none have dared defy him. but now the Vistani have returned to Barovia, bringing with them a warning for the dread Lord of Barovia. one is coming to oppose Strahd, an opponent who may not only bring the existence of the vampire to an end, but may destroy all of Barovia as well. I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin is the sequel to the best-selling I,Strahd: The Memoirs Of A Vampire...