The Strain by Guillermo del Toro audiobook

The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy

By Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Read by Ron Perlman

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The Strain Trilogy: Book 1

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“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.

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Summary

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A USA Today bestseller

Selected for the June 2009 Indie Next List

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, June 2009

“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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Soars with spellbinding intrigue. Truly an unforgettable tale you can’t put down once you read the first page. I can’t wait for until the  next one.” —Clive Cussler, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“A deliciously creepy story that will literally make the hairs on your neck stand up. The Strain is Bram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton. It just doesn’t get much better than this.” —Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Have your heart medicine close: The Strain may sneak up on you—and it’s scary enough to kill. I loved it.” —Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked
“A vampire epic…terrifying.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Director Del Toro (who won an Oscar for Pan’s Labyrinth) makes a dramatic splash in his fiction debut…The authors maintain the suspense and tension throughout in a tour de force reminiscent of Whitley Strieber’s early work.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Ron Perlman calmly relates the story of a vampire attack on New York City, which starts with a planeload of neck-biters from Germany. Perlman is at his best with the dialogue of the main characters, a CDC investigator, and a savvy Holocaust survivor who knows how to handle the undead…His delivery is powerful.” —AudioFile
“The story builds up steam quickly, and fans of horror, vampire fiction, and del Toro’s Hellboy films will line up for this one…Highly recommended.” —Library Journal
“Director del Toro and thriller writer Hogan treat a vampire outbreak as a massive public-health crisis, with chilling results…The book boasts a plethora of arresting images and many terrific macabre touches. Del Toro and Hogan also succeed in constructing a driving plot and delivering a gripping conclusion. Great characters, a semi-plausible premise, and a flair for striking scenes get this trilogy off to a first-rate start.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author

Author Bio: Guillermo del Toro

Author Bio: Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is an Academy Award–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, including The Strain, which was adapted into a TV series by FX.

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Author Bio: Chuck Hogan

Author Bio: Chuck Hogan

Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed New York Times bestsellers, including Prince of Thieves, which was awarded the Hammett Prize and adapted into the hit feature film The Town, starring Ben Affleck. His novel Gangland was selected as one of the New York Times’s Ten Best Crime Novels of the year and nominated for an Edgar Award. The Carpool Detectives is his first work of nonfiction.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 13.60
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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