Vampires. From the Family Chronicle of the Counts Dracula-Kardi.

The publication of «Vampires» in 1912 had the effect of a bomb exploding. Among the avalanche of imitations of Bram Stoker's immortal masterpiece, it was the mystification novel by Baron Olshervi that first received the status of a work from the «Dracula» universe! Legends of the curse that enveloped the Kardi estate had persisted for centuries... Disappearances and twisted murders of people, plague, and livestock corruption... Even the peasants suspected the cause of the troubles, but the mystery was securely hidden from the world. Now the young heir must explore the history of his ancestral home and, with the help of friends, lift the evil spell from it. The novel by Baron Olshervi is an intense quest with vivid characters, among which is... the first female vampire in world literature!