In this Boston-based thriller, Iraq war veteran Neal Maven returns home only to feel out of place. He meets charismatic fellow vet Brad Royce, who recruits him into a risky scheme intercepting drug deals. As Maven enjoys newfound excitement and camaraderie, he soon realizes that his dream life may be more dangerous than it appears.
Mezhdunarodnom aeroportu imeni Dzhona Kennedi prizemlyayetsya samolet i zastyvayet na vzletnoy polose, ne podavaya nikakikh priznakov zhizni. Signal'nyye ogni ne goryat, vkhodnoy lyuk zablokirovan. Lyubyye popytki svyazat'sya s ekipazhem i passazhirami terpyat neudachu. Nakonets udayetsya proniknut' v samolet, i okazyvayetsya, chto vse lyudi na bortu mertvy, mertvy bez kakikh-libo vidimykh prichin. Odnako eti prichiny otlichno izvestny staromu antikvaru s Mankhettena, kotoryy podozrevayet, chto v nash mir vernulas' drevnyaya ugroza, gotovaya vvergnut' chelovechestvo vo t'mu. Eta uzhasayushchaya zaraza bystro rasprostranyayetsya, zhadnaya, bezzhalostnaya, smertel'naya. Cherez nedelyu ona pogubit Mankhetten, cherez mesyats - vsyu stranu, cherez dva mesyatsa - ves' mir... .Gil'yermo del' Toro, talantlivyy kinorezhisser, laureat premii Oskar, i Chak Khogan, laureat premii Deshila Khemmeta, obyedinili svoi usiliya dlya derzkogo obnovleniya vampirskoy temy. Nachalo - pervaya kniga trilogii, v kotoroy nachinayetsya grandioznaya bitva za vyzhivaniye mezhdu lyud'mi i vampirami. Prem'yera amerikanskogo teleseriala po trilogii Shtamm sostoyalas' v iyule 2014 goda.
Księga pierwsza trylogii . Na nowojorskim lotnisku im. JFK ląduje boeing 777. Gasną w nim wszystkie światła i maszyna zamiera. Kontrolerzy lotu nie są w stanie nawiązać łączności z pilotami, wszystkie okienka i drzwi (r�wnież te ewakuacyjne) w samolocie są zatrzaśnięte. Na miejsce przybywa kilka oddział�w służb mundurowych. Przez pewien czas nie mogą jednak dostać się do wnętrza maszyny. Nagle drzwi awaryjne otwierają się, jakby od środka. Funkcjonariusze wchodzą do samolotu, by odkryć, że wszyscy pasażerowie i członkowie załogi są martwi? Wkr�tce okazuje się, że miasto (a p�źniej cały stan i w końcu państwo) jest celem ataku wampira, a jego ofiary (i w efekcie ich ofiary) staną się wkr�tce takie jak on. Co więcej, za całą sprawą stoi jakaś tajemnicza organizacja bądź osoba ? człowiek, kt�ry wampirowi pomaga?
Der Exsoldat Neal Maven arbeitet als Parkplatzwächter in Boston und trifft auf andere Veteranen, die ebenfalls mit ihren Kriegserlebnissen kämpfen. Gemeinsam planen sie, den Drogenhändlern der Stadt Geld und Drogen zu stehlen, um diese zu vernichten. Doch die Gangster lassen nicht lange auf sich warten.
It's been two years since the vampiric virus was unleashed in The Strain and the entire world now lies on the brink of annihilation. There has been a mass extermination of humans orchestrated by the Master—an ancient vampire possessed of unparalleled powers. The future of humankind lies in the hands of a ragtag band of freedom fighters—Dr. Eph Goodweather, Dr. Nora Martinez, Vasiliy Fet, and Mr. Quinlan, the half-breed offspring of the Master who is bent on revenge. It's their job to overturn this devastating new world order. But good and evil are malleable terms now, and the Master is most skilled at preying on the weaknesses of humans.Now, at this critical hour, there is evidence of a traitor in their midst. . . And only one man holds the answer to the Master's demise, but is he one who can be trusted with the fate of the world? And who among them will pay the ultimate sacrifice—so that others may be saved?
Ein grausamer Mord, eine Stadt ohne Zukunft, eine große Liebe Don Maddox nimmt in Black Falls eine Stelle als Hilfspolizist an. Was keiner versteht, denn er ist der Einzige aus dem Ort, der jemals in dieses Provinzkaff zurückgekommen ist. Was niemand weiß außer dem früheren, pensionierten Polizeichef: Don Maddox ist undercover hier, weil in dem Ort einiges faul ist. Black Falls gilt als Umschlagplatz für neue Designerdrogen. Als ein spektakulärer Mord ganz Black Falls aufrüttelt, gerät auch Maddox in Lebensgefahr.
After the Strain has taken hold, comes the Fall… It took the world just sixty days to end… By the time the crisis went to Congress, and was analysed, legislated, and ultimately vetoed, we had already lost. The night belonged to them. Leaving us longing for daylight when it was ours no more… Ephraim Goodweather, director of the New York office of the Centers of Disease Control, is one of the few humans who understands what is really happening. Vampires have arrived in New York City, and their condition is contagious. If they cannot be contained, the entire world is at risk of infection. As Eph becomes consumed with the battle against the total corruption of humanity, his ex-wife, Kelly, a victim of the vampiric strain, is ever-more determined to claim their son, Zack. And as the origins of the Master who unleashed the epidemic a gradually revealed, Eph learns that there is a greater, more terrible plan in store for the human race - worse even than annihilation…
In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country. In two months . . . the world. At New York's JFK Airport an arriving Boeing 777 taxiing along a runway suddenly stops dead. All the shades have been drawn, all communication channels have mysteriously gone quiet. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of a CDC rapid-response team investigating biological threats, boards the darkened plane . . . and what he finds makes his blood run cold. A terrifying contagion has come to the unsuspecting city, an unstoppable plague that will spread like an all-consuming wildfire—lethal, merciless, hungry . . . vampiric. And in a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem an aged Holocaust survivor knows that the war he has been dreading his entire life is finally here . . .
