Originally announced with the working title D — The Distant Path (Ｄ―遙かなる道 D — Haruka naru Michi?). Noble Front is the twenty ninth book in the Vampire Hunter series
| Noble Front | |
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| English Title | Vampire Hunter D: Noble Front |
| Original title | Vampire Hunter 24: D — Noble Front |
| Japanese | 吸血鬼ハンター２４ Ｄ―貴族戦線 (Banpaia Hantā 24: D — Kizoku Sensen) |
| Author | Hideyuki Kikuchi |
| Illustrator | Yoshitaka Amano |
| Translator | Kevin Leahy |
| English Publication Data | |
| Publication date | April 14, 2020 |
| Published by | DH Press, DMP Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-5067-0927-3 |
| Japanese Publication Data | |
| Publication date | March 7, 2012 |
| Published by | Asahi Shimbun |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-4-02-264657-6 |
| Publication Order | |
| English | Volume 29 |
| Japanese | Vampire Hunter 24 |
| Preceded by The Tiger in Winter |
Followed by The Golden Demon |
Plot Summary
Out on the Frontier, the killers called the "Nameless" have no wanted posters--because everyone they go after winds up dead. Now D must measure his sword against these grotesque and deadly freaks! Hired by the mayor of Schwartzen to stop a corrupt political ploy that would sacrifice human lives to appease the local Noble, Grand Duke Bergenzy, the vampire hunter arrives in town to find his client has himself dropped dead under suspicious circumstances. His widow, wanting no more bloodshed, begs D to simply forget the job--but D's interest in the job is just beginning....
Hired to kill a Noble who has been sharing technology with humans in exchange for sacrifices, D travels to the Castle of Bergenji in the Northern Frontier. However, the fortress was once a testing ground for the Sacred Ancestor's mysterious experiments, and its terrible legacy may just be the most horrific enemy that D has ever faced!
Main Characters
Antagonists
Nameless
Grand Duke Bergenzy
Other characters
Mayor of Schwartzen
Bestiary
Technology
Locations
Schwartzen
Castle of Bergenji
Northern Frontier