From the authors of the instantNew York Times bestsellersThe Strain and The Fall comes
the final volume in one of the most
electrifying thriller series in years
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 is only night as nuclear winter blankets
the land, the sun filtering through the poisoned atmosphere for two
hours each day — the perfect environment for the propagation of vampires.
There has been a mass extermination of humans, the best and the
brightest, the wealthy and the influential, orchestrated by the
Master — an ancient vampire possessed of unparalleled powers — who selects
survivors based on compliance. Those humans who remain are entirely
subjugated, interred in camps, and separated by status: those who breed
more humans,
and those who are bled for the sustenance of the Master’s
vast army.
The future of humankind lies in the hands of a ragtag band of freedom
fighters — Dr. Eph Goodweather, former head of the Centers for Disease
Control’s biological threats team; Dr. Nora Martinez, a fellow doctor
with a talent for dispatching the undead; Vasiliy Fet, the colorful
Russian exterminator; and Mr. Quinlan, the half-breed offspring of the
Master who is bent on revenge. It’s their job to rescue Eph’s son, Zack, and 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?
