The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.

The Strain

They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come.

In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country.

In two months--the world.

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.

In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing . . .

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city--a city that includes his wife and son--before it is too late.

吉尔莫·德尔·托罗（Guillermo Del Toro）

好莱坞著名的鬼才导演，金牌编剧。1993年以《魔鬼银爪》一鸣惊人，之后陆续执导《刀锋战士》、《地狱怪客》、《潘神的迷宫》等多部电影，其中《潘神的迷宫》以魔幻绮丽的童话风格，席卷奥斯卡金像奖、英国演艺学院奖、西班牙哥雅奖等全球各大奖项。2013年编导的《环太平洋》在全球热映，获得极佳票房成绩。曾与《魔戒》大导演彼得 ‧杰克森合作，成为《霍比特人》编剧之一。 其作品素以独特的影像风格直探人心深层的恐惧。

查克·霍根（Chuck Hogan）

美国小说家，写过许多受欢迎的作品，包括《僵局》和《窃盗城》。其中《窃盗城》，不但赢得2005年“汉密特奖”，更是被故事大师史蒂芬 ‧金列为该年度的十大小说之一，并已被改编拍成电影，备受好评。

译者 叶妍伶

曾就读及任职于英国爱丁堡大学翻译研究所、台湾师范大学翻译研究所口译组。