Oliver Twist is one of the most well-known stories ever told, about a adolescent orphan who must survive the mean roads of London before ultimately being rescued with a kindly benefactor. Nonetheless it is his friend, the Artful Dodger, who has the far more intriguing tale, filled up with more adventure and exhilaration than anything boring Oliver will get up to. Throw in a few vampires and a plot to overthrow the United kingdom monarchy, and everything you have may be the thrilling accounts that Charles Dickens was too scared to talk about with the world. From your brilliant brain of novelist and comic book veteran Peter David, Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed tale of one of the very most fascinating personas in literary history. With vampires.