From the authors of the instant New York Times bestseller The Strain comes the next volume in one of the most imaginative and frightening
thriller series in many, many years. Last week they invaded Manhattan.
This week they will destroy the world.
The vampiric virus unleashed in The Strain has taken over New
York City. It is spreading and soon will envelop the globe. Amid the
chaos, Eph Goodweather — head of the Centers for Disease Control's
team — leads a band out to stop these bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.
Ignited by the Master's horrific plan, 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. And it is
between these warring forces that humans — powerless and vulnerable — find
themselves no longer the consumers but the consumed. Though Eph
understands the vampiric plague better than anyone, even he cannot
protect those he loves. His ex-wife, Kelly, has been transformed into a
bloodcrazed creature of the night, and now she stalks the city looking
for her chance to reclaim her Dear One: Zack, Eph's young son.
With the future of humankind in the balance, Eph and his team, guided by the brilliant former professor and Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian and exterminator Vasiliy Fet and joined by a crew of ragtag gangsters,
must combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than anyone
has imagined — a fate worse than annihilation.
