

The book is set in an alternate history universe in which Professor Van Helsing failed in his efforts to kill Count Dracula. The story also features Edgar Allan Poe as a vampire writer assigned to ghostwrite the Red Baron's autobiography.

One of their more successful efforts is an undead flier known as the Red Baron. Heading up the German operations are the likes of Rotwang, Doctor Caligari and Doctor Mabuse.

The book takes place during World War I and explores the Diogenes Club's efforts to investigate Germany's attempt to make powerful, undead fliers. It is the second book in the Anno Dracula series and takes place during the Great War, 30 years after the first novel. Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron, or simply The Bloody Red Baron, is a 1995 alternate history/ horror novel by British author Kim Newman.
