His ex wife, Kelly, has been transformed into a bloodcrazed creature of the night, and now she stalks the city looking for her chance to reclaim her Dear One: Zack, Eph’s young son. Though Eph understands the vampiric plague better than anyone, even he cannot protect those he loves. And it is between these warring forces that humans powerless and vulnerable find themselves no longer the consumers but the consumed. Whoever finds the book can control the outcome of the war and, ultimately, the fate of us all. At the center of the conflict lies a book, an ancient text that contains the vampires’ entire history…Īnd their darkest secrets. Ignited by the Master’s horrific plan, a war erupts between Old and New World vampires, each vying for control.
Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather head of the Centers for Disease Control’s team leads a band out to stop these bloodthirsty monsters. It is spreading and soon will envelop the globe.
The vampiric virus unleashed in The Strain has taken over New York City. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city a city that includes his wife and son before it is too late.įrom the authors of the instant New York Times bestseller The Strain comes the next volume in one of the most imaginative and frightening thriller series in many, many years Last week they invaded Manhattan. So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing… In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC.
All communication channels have gone quiet. A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event. The visionary creator of the Academy Award winning Pan’s Labyrinth and a Hammett Award winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity.
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