The Fall - Couverture souple

Del Toro, Guillermo; Hogan, Chuck

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061558257 ISBN 13 : 9780061558252

Editeur : Harper, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Del Toro Guillermo Hogan Chuck

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 :

“A cross between The Hot Zone and ’Salem’s Lot.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“I cannot wait to see where Del Toro and Hogan take us next.”
—James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodline

The wait is over! Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywood’s most popular and imaginative storytellers (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Hammett Award-winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) return with The Fall—the second blood-chilling volume in their critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Strain Trilogy. The Fall picks up where The Strain left off—with a vampiric infection spreading like wildfire across America as a small band of heroes struggles to save the dwindling human race from the vampire plague. Horror fiction and dark fantasy fans will be swept up in this epic story that bestselling author Nelson DeMille describes as “Bram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton.”

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061558257
• ISBN 13: 9780061558252
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448