I dedicate this to my wife, Theresia van Astrea…A single White Whale is a nightmare; three might just be a harbinger of the end! With Wilhelm, the Sword Devil, swallowed by one of the vicious demon beasts, Subaru is desperate to turn the tide of battle-and against all odds, he might have figured it out. This may be their only chance to end the White Whale’s four-hundred-year reign of terror, and it all comes down to one man devoted to both love and the blade…!