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The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro

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A vampire outbreak framed as a fight for survival

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “Terrifying”

    The book is praised as a terrifying high-tech vampire epic.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A vampire outbreak framed as a fight for survival

The opening volume of a trilogy, The Strain places vampires at the center of an escalating conflict between humanity and an existential threat. Its premise connects vampire horror with the outbreak-driven framework suggested by its comparisons, treating survival as the stakes of a broader battle rather than a private haunting. Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s collaboration positions the novel within contemporary horror while deliberately reworking familiar vampire material into a large-scale struggle.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult readers of vampire horror
  • Fans of outbreak-based survival fiction
  • Readers interested in the first installment of a horror trilogy

Themes

VampiresSurvivalHumanity under threatOutbreak horrorConflict

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Book overview

From the Golden Globe winning director of The Shape of Water

"A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead."
--Salon.com

An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in The Strain--the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood's most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable, The Strain is a nightmare of the first order.

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