Harper
July 2010
On Sale: July 1, 2010
Featuring: Eph Goodweather
608 pages ISBN: 0061558249 EAN: 9780061558245 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
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.
It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an
extraordinary international publishing event.
The Strain They have always been here. Vampires. In
secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come.
In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country.
In two months—the world.
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the
tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are
pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels
have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers,
but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head
of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that
investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards
the plane. What he finds makes his blood...