The Quintessential World of Darkness is an omnibus collection of five Classic World of Darkness novels, some new and some reprinted. Like its predecessor, The Essential World of Darkness, this omnibus is a combination of new and reprinted novels drawn from the five core World of Darkness game lines (Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion and Changeling: The Dreaming). The Vampire book in this volume is specifically a Kindred of the East novel - the only fiction ever produced for that product line outside of sourcebooks for the storytelling game. The included Werewolf and Wraith novels included are both reprints of books that were previously published as stand-alone novels (The Silver Crown and Beyond the Shroud, respectively); additiona