\ 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.