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The Strain

Book One of The Strain Trilogy

By Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro

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| Hardcover | 9780061558238

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Book Description

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of thContinue

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It's strange but I have to confess that I frequently smiled to myself while I read The Fall. It's a dark and horrific story that invokes a suitably serious response overall but, quite often, I was smiling underneath. Why? For three reasons. The first ... (read full critics)

sfsite published on Sun, 17 Oct 2010

Fangs ain't what they used to be

Flight 753 from Berlin lands without a hitch at JFK International Airport, taxis towards the terminal and then abruptly shuts down. The emergency services are mobilised and the incoming jets are hastily rerouted, while Flight 753 simply sits out ther ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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4 Reviews

"He looked at his bloody hands and had to accept what he could not understand. What he had done had made him better."

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amandale said on Nov 10, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I don't know if Del Toro and Hogan conceived this trilogy as an antidote to the literary vampiric fashion still raging on. It doesn't matter, with its "medical" take on the legendary bloodsuckers, deep characters and detailed research, this is one of those book you won't be able to put down easily. ... (continue)

I don't know if Del Toro and Hogan conceived this trilogy as an antidote to the literary vampiric fashion still raging on. It doesn't matter, with its "medical" take on the legendary bloodsuckers, deep characters and detailed research, this is one of those book you won't be able to put down easily. Not unlike the villains of the story.

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Luciferasi said on Aug 10, 2011 | Add your feedback

Amazing

This was an amazing, creative retelling of a modern vampire story, with realistic elements that make you think, "What if this really did happen?"

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NCISlover said on Dec 10, 2010 | Add your feedback