The Strain TV Tie-in Edition: Book One of The Strain Trilogy

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.

In one week, Manhattan will be gone.
In one month, the country. In two months . . . the world.

At New York's JFK Airport an arriving Boeing 777 taxiing along a runway suddenly stops dead. All the shades have been drawn, all communication channels have mysteriously gone quiet. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of a CDC rapid-response team investigating biological threats, boards the darkened plane . . . and what he finds makes his blood run cold.

A terrifying contagion has come to the unsuspecting city, an unstoppable plague that will spread like an all-consuming wildfire—lethal, merciless, hungry . . . vampiric.

And in a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem an aged Holocaust survivor knows that the war he has been dreading his entire life is finally here . . .

“A new crew of vampires is stalking the best-seller list this week.... My bets are on The Strain.” - New York Times

“A man vs. vampire page-turner.... A fast-paced mix of gruesome horror and straightforward investigative crime fiction.” - Chicago Tribune

“Chuck Hogan is known for his taut thrillers, Guillermo del Toro for his surreal horror films (including Pan’s Labyrinth), and their new book, The Strain, brings out the best of each…. Riveting from the start.... Scenes are so vividly drawn that you can almost smell the moldering soil that clings to the undead, feel their unnatural heat.... Page-turning suspense.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Creepy fun.” - Detroit Free Press

“Del Toro and Hogan create vivid scenes of a New York where something has gone terribly wrong.... Horror fans in search of a beach read will find the action moves swiftly and the violence is satisfyingly gruesome.” - Baltimore Sun

“A fast-paced mix of gruesome horror and straightforward investigative crime fiction.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

“Just in time for summer.... A visceral page-turner that reimagines vampirism as a virus.... [An] epic battle between good and evil.... Vivid scenes of a New York where something has gone terribly wrong.... The action moves swiftly and the violence is satisfyingly gruesome.” - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

“[Guillermo del Toro] is letting his imagination loose on vampires.... Shocking.” - USA Today

“The opening...is about as great as you could ask for: an airliner lands at an airport, taxis to a stop, and then...it goes dark.... I like The Strain a lot.” - Time.com

“The big lure.... Plenty of arresting, vividly imagined moments in this page turner.... Good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories.” - Newsweek

“[An] amazing writer and director. . . . Pan’s Labyrinth places Mr. del Toro in the first rank of world filmmakers.” - New York Times

“[One of] the most original and powerful filmmakers working today.” - The Hollywood Reporter

“His distinctive creatures and otherwordly parables use the realms of fantasy to explore fundamental human issues such as love, alienation, weakness and, of course, fear… [He is] a master of monsters.” - USA Today

“A cinematic magician who has never lost his childlike sense of wonder.” - Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh in Associated Press

“A cross between The Hot Zone and ’Salem’s Lot.” - Entertainment Weekly

“He elevated gothic horror to art. . . . Bilingual, bicultural, multigenre, he has a voice that feels both fresh and ancient.” - Entertainment Weekly