Description:
A cross between The Hot Zone and Salem s Lot. Entertainment Weekly
I cannot wait to see where Del Toro and Hogan take us next. James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodline
The wait is over! Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywood s most popular and imaginative storytellers (Pan s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Hammett Award-winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) return with The Fall the second blood-chilling volume in their critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Strain Trilogy. The Fall picks up where The Strain left off with a vampiric infection spreading like wildfire across America as a small band of heroes struggles to save the dwindling human race from the vampire plague. Horror fiction and dark fantasy fans will be swept up in this epic story that bestselling author Nelson DeMille describes as Bram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton. "
Brief description:
Guillermo del Toro is an Academy Award(R)-winning film director as well as a screenwriter, producer, and New York Times bestselling novelist. He is best known for his foreign fantasy films, especially Pan's Labyrinth, and American mainstream movies like The Shape of Water. Del Toro has published multiple bestselling adult novels with HarperCollins, including The Strain, which was adapted into a TV series by FX, and he is the creator of Trollhunters, Netflix's most-watched children's series.
Review Quotes:
"Guillermo del toro is a mad, artistic genius, and his take on vampires crushes the glossy teeny-bopper model that's become so achingly popular.... What matters most is the glorious violent mayhem propelling the book's plot like a cannonball.... Insanely entertaining.... Wildly imaginative." - Albuquerque Journal
"Set over the course of three intense weeks, Del Toro and Hogan's gripping second volume in their near-future vampire trilogy picks up where The Strain, the first volume, left off..." - Publishers Weekly
"Taut pacing and macabre fight scenes.... Scary." - Booklist
"Fast-paced, action-packed, and even better than the first volume, this fun and scary read is highly recommended for thriller and horror fans. Newcomers to the trilogy will have no trouble following the story line. Buy multiple copies." - Library Journal
"The climax, all fire and brimstone, nicely sets up the third and final volume." - Financial Times
"Apocalyptic action. . . . Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead." - Salon.com