The Corpse Princess

Karma is a bitch-but then again, so am I. Ten years ago, a group of men murdered my mother and thought they had killed me. I've spent every day since planning revenge against the man behind the attack-my father. As the head of a powerful crime family, he won't be an easy target, but nothing matters more than making him pay for what he's done. Now, I return in disguise, only to end up on the radar of the Quad-the four most dangerous men in the city...men I've been desperately in love with since I was a teen. I have no idea if they were in on the plan to have me killed, but I can't stop myself from craving their taste, their bodies and their rough, domineering touches. Even though I know the risks, I keep falling deeper into our twisted relationship. My plan is simple-find and get rid of the people who carried out the attack, kill my father...and don't fall in love with the men who might have betrayed me. This world already killed me once-let it try again.

"Shall we......lend you a hand?" So says the black cat--Ouri's constant companion who calls him an "ominous death omen." Makina is powerless before an awakened Hokuto, and Ouri is out of options. In this dire moment, the cat appears. Ouri needs the power to escape this predicament, and what he gets is a startling transformation. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 90.

Within the king's "Land of the Dead," what can Ouri and Makina hold on to? What will be lost? Even their friends cannot escape the tragedy that awaits. As the situation grows dire, their karma and resolve will be tested.

Fight corpses with corpses!! Reanimated corpses called Shikabane walk the earth, but the Kougon Sect of the Grand Marshal School of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism has a means to combat them. Enter the Corpse Princesses! Undead-killers (usually young women) stand as humanity's first line of defense against the evil that lurks in the shadows, but can humanity tolerate defenders who are corpses themselves...? One Corpse Princess, Makina, may be the first to find out!

The salvation has commenced, and humanity has been all but wiped from the earth. Kohaku's bond with the Kougon Sect has been severed, and his eyes are truly opened. The ultimate battle continues as Makina's tale comes to a close in the final volume of Corpse Princess!

"Like a youngster waiting for the completion of his new plaything," so says Ma'en Sugami of the Unclean Bunch, the revived demon lord and ultimate evil entity. The die is cast, the earth is befouled, and the Unclean Bunch's king bides his time before invading. Meanwhile, Ouri continues to struggle. The young contracting monk has no skills--only his Corpse Princess, Makina. Their time is running out. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 95

"I'll destroy you all...! Every last one of you," vows Makina Hoshimura. She and Ouri are brought together by pity, dread, compassion...and a promise. This transient world of ours is driven by such passion. They know they can't bring him back, yet they plunge deeper into the otherworldly mire brought about by the Unclean Bunch. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 95.

Her lost other half, whom she thought she'd never meet again. His name-Kohaku Hoshimura. A devastating reunion with a not-so-familiar twin awaits...