Trinity Blood: Vol. 3

by Sunao Yoshida, Kiyo Kyujyo (Artist)

The Empress of the Methuselah Empire has sent Ion Fortuna, the Count of Memphis, to Rome as an ambassador and imperial messenger. Unfortunately, an anonymous renegade group launches an attack on the Vatican that very same night, causing the guards to mistake Ion as an attacker. Cardinal Caterina suspects something fishy and secretly sends Abel to negotiate with the messenger. Meanwhile, Esther sneaks off alone to destroy 'the vampire assassin' and ends up finding a furious Count...

176 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2007

About the author

Sunao Yoshida (吉田直 Yoshida Sunao) is the pen name of late Japanese novelist Sunao Matsumoto. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and graduated from La Salle junior/senior high school in Kagoshima. He attended Waseda University and earned a Master's degree from Kyoto University. Yoshida died of a lung blockage in 2004.

In 1997, Yoshida was awarded the Sneaker Taisho literary prize for his debut novel, Genocide Angel. He was the author of the novel series Trinity Blood, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Sneaker magazine. The Trinity Blood series was published in North America by Tokyopop.