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Strike the Blood - The Tyrant and the Fool (Novel 8 of 22)

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Title: Strike the Blood - The Tyrant and the Fool
Volume: Novel 8 / 22
Pages: 256
Distributor: Yen On

Release date: 2018-01-30
Suggested retail price: $14
Age rating: 13 & up

ISBN-10: 0316442089 0316442089
ISBN-13: 9780316442084 9780316442084

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When Kojou Akatsuki went to visit his sister in the hospital in middle school, he met a vampire named Avrora. Once he learned she was the key to saving Nagisa's life, he helped Avrora escape. Now, the weapons dealer Zacharias is telling him to hand over Avrora in order to rouse the fourth primogenitor! As Zacharias's plans plunge Itogami Island into peril, the fourth primogenitor finally awakens...

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