"Jonathan Harker is travelling to Castle Dracula to see the Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. He is begged by locals not to go there, because on the eve of St. George's Day, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will come full sway. But business must be done, so Jonathan makes his way to the Castle - and then his nightmare begins. His beloved wife Meena and other lost souls have fallen under the Count's horrifying spell....

Roumanian sea captain, Josef Maresciu, has accepted on board his ship a passenger named Vlad. All goes smoothly at first but gradually the captain comes to realize he has put himself, his crew and his ship in mortal danger. Vlad uses his powers of darkness to control the ship's direction and the captain's authority. As the ship (the Demeter), sails closer to England, Vlad takes over and leaves the captain with just enough strength to dictate his story...

"As Drac's family continues to grow, he realizes there will have to be some compromises--especially since his daughter, Mavis, is a vampire, and her husband, Johnny, is a human. But when it comes to his family, Drac always finds a way. He just needs to figure out how to make his new family a monster mash!"--Jacket flap.

Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania. Dracula's rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire.

"An acclaimed historian sleuths out literature's most famous vampire, uncovering the source material--from folklore and history to personas including Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman--behind Bram Stoker's bloody creation"--Dust jacket flap.

The Hotel Transylvania, run by Dracula, is a unique, high-end resort catering only to the finest monsters and their families. Dracula is preparing for an extra special weekend - his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday - when trouble arises: a human has stumbled upon the resort for the first time ever! Even worse: the human has taken a liking to Mavis!