The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Published by HarperCollins on the 2 June 2009
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High-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, soon to be working on The Hobbit. 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 ocurrence before panic spreads. The first thing they discover is that four of the victims are actually still alive. But that’s the only good news. And when all two hundred corpses disappear from various morgues around the city on the same night, things very rapidly get worse. Soon Eph and a small band of helpers will find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved ones, but the whole city, against an ancient threat to humanity.
It’s all Liz’s fault 
She’s been reading it and gushing on twitter. My only exposure to Del Toro so far is his excellent work on Hellboy, I the DVD of Pan’s Labyrinth I just haven’t been in the right mood for subtitles… poor excuse that.
I think the line that got me hooked on this one was, 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.’
Del Toro is also signing in Forbidden Planet on the 6th of June, which I was planning on going to but now I’m not so sure – need to jiggle things to see if I can make it happen.
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