The first case of the fledgling Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense—a post-WWII investigation into the Nazis’ occult research—turns deadly for U.S. forces as Professor Bruttenholm probes deeper into Project Vampir Sturm. With lives at stake, Bruttenholm enters an uneasy alliance with the leader of the Russian occult team—uncovering a secret as terrible as any plot of the Third Reich. Adventure, horror, and mystery in the finest Hellboy tradition.