The Fall (Strain Trilogy, Book 2)

The vampiric virus has taken over New York City. It is spreading and soon will envelop the globe. Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather leads a band out to stop these bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late. 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. With the future of humankind in the balance, Eph and his team must combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than anyone has imagined-- a fate worse than annihilation.

About the Author

Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1964. A film prodigy dedicated to Latin American cinema, he went on to make his own short films and soon earned a place on Time magazine's list of the 50 Young Leaders for the New Millenium. He has been hailed by the New York Times as an amazing writer and director...in the first rank of world filmmakers. Chuck Hogan was a video store clerk in Boston when his first thriller, The Standoff, was published to critical acclaim and went on to become a national bestseller translated into fourteen international editions. He subsequently wrote three additional suspense novels, The Blood Artists, The Killing Moon, and the acclaimed Prince of Thieves. The Blood Artist and The Killing Moon each blended thrills with chills, while Prince of Thieves won the Hammett award for excellence in crime writing and was proclaimed by Steven King to be one of the best novels of the year. In 2010 Prince of Thieves was adapted into a major motion picture.Daniel Oreskes is a narrator as well as a film, television, and stage actor. He has earned two AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narrations and has twice been a finalist for the Audie Award, including for 2012 Audiobook of the Year. His several film roles include The Thomas Crown Affair and Day Zero, and his many television credits include episodes of Law & Order. He has acted on Broadway in Electra and Aida and in the off-Broadway Arthur Miller play Mr. Peters' Connections with Peter Falk, as well as in numerous Shakespeare performances. A native New Yorker, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

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