The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

The Strain (Strain Trilogy, #1)

by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

The high-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from the world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.

A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously ‘goes dark’, stopping in the middle of the runway for no apparent reason, all lights off, all doors sealed. The pilots cannot be raised.

When the hatch above the wing finally clicks open, it soon becomes clear that everyone on board is dead – although there is no sign of any trauma or struggle. Ephraim Goodweather and his team from the Center for Disease Control must work quickly to establish the cause of this strange occurrence before panic spreads.

The first thing they discover is that four of the victims are actually still alive. But that’s the only good news. And when all two hundred corpses disappear from various morgues around the city on the same night, things very rapidly get worse. Soon Eph and a small band of helpers will find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved ones, but the whole city, against an ancient threat to humanity.

Perfect for fans of Dean Koontz’s The Eyes of Darkness

Reviewed by boghunden on

4 of 5 stars

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Jeg har sidder her og kigger på skærmen i 20 minutter uden at skrive noget nu. Jeg ved ikke helt, hvor jeg skal starte… De første 20 sider var rigtig uhyggelige, når man som jeg er en rigtig tøs ;) De næste 30 var også godt skræmmende. Derfra blev det mindre uhyggeligt, men stadig spændende. Vampyruniverset har ikke overtaget bogen, men er der bare som en naturlig del af universet. Der var rigtig mange personer at følge og det gjorde det hele lidt forvirrende, men samtidig satte det lidt perspektiv over det hele, man fik indblik i hvor mange mennesker denne her virus gik udover.
Det var fantastisk at læse en bog, hvor vampyrerne faktisk var, ja, vampyrer af instinkt og ikke bare et folk hovedpersonerne falder for. Befriende faktisk.
Jeg har aldrig læst en bog i denne vampyr-thriller genre før, men blev faktisk helt bidt af det (oh, sweet irony!) og jeg skal helt sikkert læse videre i trilogien.

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