Carpe Jugulum by Raymond Briggs

In a comic-fantastical tale set in a small, superstitious kingdom, a trio of pragmatic witches must confront a proudly modern clan of vampires who arrive determined to uproot local customs and convert the populace to a fashionable new form of immortality; through a mixture of down-to-earth cunning, psychological insight (headology), and stubborn moral clarity, the witches navigate betrayals, unexpected alliances, and the absurdities of contemporary trends to protect their community and expose the hollowness beneath the villains’ glamorous rhetoric.