An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in The Strain--the basis for the FX series and 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 nightmarish thriller of the first order.