Local Comic Shop Day Early Edition Exclusive Cover. It started with a whisper In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel "Stake" Beltran Stinsons story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series. The Early Edition includes sepia interiors for that 18th-century feel!