The Fall - Couverture rigide

Del Toro, Guillermo; Hogan, Chuck

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0007319495 ISBN 13 : 9780007319497

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2010

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

The Fall is gripping, and vivid enough to spur a few nightmares.... Clearly pulling from his vast imagination, one that created the creatures of Pan's Labyrinth, del Toro invents a vampire that manages to be unique. (Associated Press)

Long before vampires were posing naked on the cover of a recent issue of Rolling Stone, they were vile, terrifying creatures...Fortunately for fans of the old-school literary villains, writing partners Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan are determined to resurrect that archetype.... With The Fall, a sequel to last year's The Strain (and the middle installment of a planned trilogy), the duo succeeds mightily, maintaining the kinetic energy of the first book and raising the stakes significantly. It wouldn t be right to reveal the story's explosive conclusion, but let's just say that when all's said and done, humanity might not be so comfortably positioned at the top of the food chain.... Though elements of the story are familiar, the sharp, propulsive language helps invest them with new power.... Uniquely compelling.... It's not hard to think that were the partners novels to be combined into one lengthy narrative, the result would be something akin...to the best of Stephen King's early, expansive sagas: a sprawling, detailed examination of a world gone mad...and a sparse group of heroes must do whatever they can to prevent the Earth from being consumed by perpetual night.... You have to hand it to Del Toro and Hogan. At a time when brooding, sexy vampires are so ubiquitous...the authors finally have given the creatures back some of their nasty, vicious, delicious bite. (Los Angeles Times)

The Strain trilogy finds civilization teetering on the brink.... The series stands out from the recent spate of vampire-themed entertainment thanks to its semi-scientific premise, convincing characters and wealth of almost cinematically vivid scenes of terror. This book continues in the same chilling vein. Relentlessly paves the way for what promises to be an epic third book. (Kirkus Reviews)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The vampiric virus unleashed in The Strain has taken over New York City. It is spreading across the country and soon, the world. Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather, head of the CDC's team and one of a small group who have banded together to fight the bloodthirsty monsters that roam the streets, finally manages to identify the parasite that causes the infection. But it may be too late.

Ignited by the Master's horrific plan, a war erupts between Old and New World Vampires, each side vying for control of the planet. As the virus continues to plague the land, humans find themselves caught in the middle of the conflict...and at the bottom of the food chain. They are no longer the consumers, but the consumed.

At the same time, the battle finds its way inside Eph's own home: his ex-wife, Kelly, who was turned by the Master, has her sights fixed on Zack, Eph's son.

With the future of the world in the balance, Eph and his team of fighters must use all their skills and Holocaust survivor and former professor Abraham Setrakian's intimate knowledge of the enemy to combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than the humans at first imagined a fate worse than annihilation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007319495
• ISBN 13: 9780007319497
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320