Count Otto von Hausburg and his servant arrive in Belgrade. The outskirts of the city are teeming with vampires - at least that's what the local population says. However, in the city castle they do not believe the rumors: the regent’s wife, Duchess Maria Augusta, is slowly burning from unrequited love, the regent is busy hunting, and Count Hausburg is the duchess. In fact, the Count is the Devil, but no one cares about that either. In search of immortals, bloodshot, trying to destroy them all, he explores the surrounding villages - but fear prevents him! The Devil flinches at every rustle, but most of all he is not afraid of vampires... Fear will not leave its servant, and the servant will not leave his Fear. The most important thing is ahead. “Don’t be afraid that you don’t understand - you’ll be afraid when you understand!” Mirjana Novakovic is a brilliant storyteller - masterfully balancing between the terrible and the funny, striking with a fascinating plot game and a wealth of meaning. “Fear and Its Servant” is the writer’s best novel - not just a great literary mystery, but one of the pinnacles of intellectual prose in modern Europe. (18+)