内容简介：
The Red Death is getting ever so close. Nadine Valmont, countess in 1886 Paris, becomes perplexed when her husband, Richter, develops a series of strange habitsastarving himself, cleaning obsessively, and muttering endlessly about a mysterious entity called the Red Death. Oddly, his habits only occur when it rainsathe Scarlet Rain. Frightened by his bizarre rituals and worried for his health, the countess contacts Dr. Cyrus Verger. When the doctor arrives, the countess discovers the secrets and scars from his painful past. What exactly is the Red Death and will it ever be contained?