The Fall - Couverture souple

Del Toro, Guillermo; Hogan, Chuck

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007319517 ISBN 13 : 9780007319510

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 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)

Quatrième de couverture :

From the authors of the instant New York Times bestseller The Strain comes the next volume in one of the most imaginative and frightening thriller series in many, many years Last week they invaded Manhattan. This week they will destroy the world.

The vampiric virus unleashed in The Strain has taken over New York City. It is spreading and soon will envelop the globe. Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather—head of the Centers for Disease Control's team—leads a band out to stop these bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.

Ignited by the Master's horrific plan, a war erupts between Old and New World vampires, each vying for control. At the center of the conflict lies a book, an ancient text that contains the vampires' entire history . . . and their darkest secrets. Whoever finds the book can control the outcome of the war and, ultimately, the fate of us all. And it is between these warring forces that humans—powerless and vulnerable—find themselves no longer the consumers but the consumed. Though Eph understands the vampiric plague better than anyone, even he cannot protect those he loves. His ex-wife, Kelly, has been transformed into a bloodcrazed creature of the night, and now she stalks the city looking for her chance to reclaim her Dear One: Zack, Eph's young son.

With the future of humankind in the balance, Eph and his team, guided by the brilliant former professor and Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian and exterminator Vasiliy Fet and joined by a crew of ragtag gangsters, must combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than anyone has imagined—a fate worse than annihilation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007319517
• ISBN 13: 9780007319510
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320