The strain
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Hogan, Chuck. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - William Morrow, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
100,250 words, Guess
Page Count
401 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivestrain0000toro_j0r3
- ISBN-100061558230
- ISBN-139780061558238
- LibraryThing7906284
- Goodreads6065215
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- Library of Congress Control Number2008043520
- OCLC Control Number263408768
- Better World BooksO8-DBS-711
- Better World Books9780061558238
- Open LibraryOL22658063M
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3620.O5875 S77 2009
- LCCPS3620.O5875S77 2009
Description
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 StrainThey 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 run cold.In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing...So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. 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.
Description
Abraham Setrakian, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust, joins forces with CDC specialist Eph Goodweather to battle a vampiric virus that has infected NewYork in this first installment in a thrilling trilogy about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Fiction
Series Statement
- The strain trilogy -- bk. 1
Other Editions
- The strain
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