The nightmares associated with the pet shop operated by Count D. in Los Angeles have ceased in the several years since he left town, but someone by the same name just opened a new exotic pet shop in Tokyo.
A smoke-filled alley in Chinatown harbors Count D's Pet Shop. The pets sold here aren's your everyday variety and the Count prides himself on selling Love and Dreams in the form of magical creatures that come with an exclusive contract. But buyers beware. If the contract is broken the Count cannot be held accountable for whatever may happen. A fascinating and macabre look into the very soul of human nature.
"Welcome to Chinatown! during your visit, be sure to stop by Count D's pet shop, where love and dreams are sold in the form of mythical creatures - but not without a catch. The buyer must adhere to a set of rules, which if broken, may result in death ... or worse."--Page 4 of cover.
The bestselling pet shop of horrors returns--in Tokyo. This time, Taizuu meets his match. Can he quit smoking and manage to stay alive? Perhaps, but only if he remembers one thing: in Count D's pet shop, not all animals are friendly--or real.
It's been several years since the bizarre Chinese Count known as D left L.A.'s Chinatown. In that time, life has returned to normal. But across the Pacific in Tokyo, a mysterious Chinese man has been spotted, and he seems to be opening a new shop of horrors.
Everybody wants a piece of Ivan Isaacs. The agents of the fallen angel Temozarela want to destroy him. The law has a bounty on his head, not knowing that no mortal man could hope to take it. The one who needs Ivan most of all is Coburn, a US Marshall who leads a team in an investigation of the recent string of “unusual” incidents around the Southwest. His only lead to finding Ivan is Lizzie, former leader of the Rebel Angels and the only surviving Witness of the St. Baldlas Massacre. Lizzie needs Ivan too—he might be the only one who can help her cure the plague she contracted from her encounter with Temozarela’s agents.