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''Rakasha: Legend of the Hindi Tiger Demon'' is a 2013 horror novella composed of several interlocking short stories, the first published work by Robert B. Davis. == Plot == Presented as a collection of anecdotal stories and reports collected by a demon-hunting society, ''Rakasha: Legend of the Hindi Tiger Demon'' opens (in a tale titled "Safe Refuge") with the Rakasha subduing and trapping a drug-dealer on the run from the police. She does this in order to maintain a supply of fresh, living meat, which she requires to survive. In this initial story, one of the more horrifying aspects of the Rakasha is revealed; her bite secrets an addictive venom; this causes her victims, once bitten, to be subservient to the Rakasha to a degree, and to desire to be bitten again. In the next segment, "Hunted," more of the Rakasha's history is explored, as a village in India in the 1850s struggles under the heel of multiple occupying forces vying for dominion; amidst these struggles, the hunter Raj tries to feed his family. A chance encounter with the Rakasha leads to disastrous consequences. The third story ("The Djora Imperative") concerns the Rakasha dueling with a Naga over possession of a magic crystal; eventually winning, the Rakasha takes the crystal, rapes and devours a pair of hunters wandering in her section of the jungle, and forcibly inserts it into a third, female, victim. Instructing the woman to return when "her daughter is twelve summers of age," the Rakasha bolts away; the magic of the crystal and the Rakasha's own power has granted her the chance to breed. In the final segment ("The Flaw"), the demon hunting order claims to have discovered - almost by accident - the method by which one can dispatch a Rakasha. Sending Jeff, one of their toughest agents, to do the job, the Rakasha must make a final stand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rakasha: Legend of the Hindi Tiger Demon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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