The Strain - (Strain Trilogy) by Guillermo del Toro (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P> A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying. San Francisco Chronicle<P> Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead. Salon.com<P> Chuck Hogan is known for his taut thrillers, Guillermo del Toro for his surreal horror films The Strain brings out the best of each. Minneapolis Star Tribune<P>An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in The Strain the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood s most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning Pan s Labyrinth and Hellboy, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable, The Strain is a nightmare of the first order."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From the Golden Globe winning director of <em>The Shape of Water</em></strong></p><p><strong>"A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying."<br/>--<em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong></p><p><strong>"Part <em>The Andromeda Strain</em>, part <em>Night of the Living Dead</em>."<br/>--Salon.com</strong></p><p>An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in <em>The Strain</em>--the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood's most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning <em>Pan's Labyrinth</em> and <em>Hellboy</em>, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable, <em>The Strain</em> is a nightmare of the first order.<br/></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>At New York's JFK Airport, an arriving Boeing 777 taxiing along a runway suddenly stops dead. All the shades have been drawn, all communication channels have mysteriously gone quiet. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of a CDC rapid-response team investigating biological threats, boards the darkened plane---and what he finds makes his blood run cold.</p><p>A terrifying contagion has come to the unsuspecting city, an unstoppable plague that will spread like all-consuming wildfire---lethal, merciless, hungry . . . vampiric. And in a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, an aged Holocaust survivor knows that the war he has been dreading his entire life is finally here.</p><p>In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country. In two months . . . the world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[An] amazing writer and director. . . . <i>Pan's Labyrinth</i> places Mr. del Toro in the first rank of world filmmakers."--<em>New York Times</em><br><br>"He elevated gothic horror to art. . . . Bilingual, bicultural, multigenre, he has a voice that feels both fresh and ancient."--<em>Entertainment Weekly</em><br><br>"His distinctive creatures and otherwordly parables use the realms of fantasy to explore fundamental human issues such as love, alienation, weakness and, of course, fear... [He is] a master of monsters."--<em>USA Today</em><br><br>"[One of] the most original and powerful filmmakers working today."--The Hollywood Reporter<br><br>"A cinematic magician who has never lost his childlike sense of wonder."--Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh in Associated Press<br>
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