An all-new short story from the blood-pounding world of Department 19.

In 1816, in the brutal wilderness of north America, a man with no history and no name is tied to a stake, his strange grey-green skin hidden beneath layers of warm clothing, as he and his captors wait out a night that seems to have no end.

Danger is everywhere in this remote corner of the world. Bears and wolves roam the dark forest, and the cold can kill a man in his sleep. But there is something far worse moving silently through the trees.

Something unnatural. Something hungry.

In 1891, Abraham Van Helsing and a group of his friends faced Dracula, the world's first vampire - and won. The survivors of that battle founded Department 19, and have been secretly saving the world ever since. A highly classified archive exists recording every act of bravery in that time.

That archive is now open. These are the Department 19 Files.

This book is part of a book series called Department 19 .

This book has been graded for interest at 13+ years.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Will Hill grew up in the north-east of England and worked as a bartender, bookseller and in publishing, before quitting to write full-time. His first novel, Department 19 - the first in a series of five - was published in 2011 to widespread acclaim, garnering Will, and the series, a huge fan base. Will now lives in east London with his girlfriend.