Series: Book 1 in the Strain series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: EN-Alire, Lang:en
Summary
High-concept thrillers with a supernatural edge from
world-famous director, whose films include Pan's Labyrinth
and Hellboy. THE STRAIN: A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously 'goes
dark', stopping in the middle of the runway for no apparent
reason, all lights off, all doors sealed. The pilots cannot
be raised. When the hatch above the wing finally clicks open, it soon
becomes clear that everyone on board is dead -- although
there is no sign of any trauma or struggle. Ephraim
Goodweather and his team from the Center for Disease Control
must work quickly to establish the cause of this strange
occurrence before panic spreads. THE FALL: Humans have been displaced at the top of the
food chain, and now understand -- to their outright horror --
what it is to be not the consumer, but the consumed. Ephraim Goodweather, director of the New York office of
the Centers for Disease control, is one of the few humans
who...