A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying. --San Francisco Chronicle Part The Andromeda Strain part Night of the Living Dead. --Salon.com 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 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.