The Fall

一本傳說中被詛咒的書，
卻將成為人類最後的希望？

　　「羊男的迷宮」鬼才大師最具創意的驚悚傑作！

　　橫掃紐約時報、出版家週刊、華盛頓郵報、華爾街日報、邦諾書店等全美各大暢銷排行榜！亞馬遜書店讀者4顆星激讚好評！

　　放棄人類的驕傲投向血族，

　　是將獲得永生，或只是毀滅的開始？……

　　經過紐約機場的震撼事件後，防疫專家伊費終於不得不相信「血族」正大舉入侵，要把地球變成他們的飲血機！

　　其實血族的七位始祖原本與人類簽訂了和平盟約，但其中最年輕的血祖卻背叛了，與一心想求得永生的億萬富翁帕墨聯手，企圖統治全世界。

　　在與血族對抗多年的瑟拉齊安教授帶領下，伊費與捕鼠員飛特、小混混葛斯組成獵魔小組，拚命想方設法要阻止全人類滅絕。

　　此時，瑟拉齊安教授得知有一本古書《光之熄》即將被拍賣，據說只要研究出書中記載的七位始祖之名，就能掌握血族的弱點！問題是，姑且先不管如何湊足龐大的資金來買下這個天價珍寶，最糟糕的是，帕墨也來競標了！……

作者簡介

喬勒蒙．迪．多羅　Guillermo Del Toro

　 　新世代最具創意的鬼才導演，一九九三年以「魔鬼銀爪」初試啼聲即一鳴驚人，之後陸續執導「鬼童院」、「刀鋒戰士2」、「地獄怪客」、「地獄怪客2：金甲 軍團」、「羊男的迷宮」等多部電影，其中「羊男的迷宮」以魔幻綺麗的童話風格，席捲奧斯卡金像獎、英國演藝學院獎、西班牙哥雅獎等全球各大獎項，在坎城影 展首映時，現場觀眾更鼓掌長達二十二分鐘！2011年他擔任「別怕黑」的製片兼編劇，再度成功地以獨特的影像與氛圍直探人心底層的恐懼。他並與「魔戒」大 導演彼得．傑克森合作，加入備受矚目的電影版「哈比人歷險記」編劇團隊。

查克．霍根　Chuck Hogan

　　美國小說家，寫過許多受歡迎的作品，包括《僵局》和《竊盜城》。其中《竊盜城》不但贏得二○○五年「漢密特獎」，更被故事大師史蒂芬．金列為該年度的十大小說之一，並已被改編拍成電影，由班．艾佛列克自導自演，同樣備受好評。

　　(本書中文版由皇冠出版)

　　The tension-filled sequel to The Strain, from the world-famous director whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.

　　Humans have been displaced at the top of the food chain, and now understand – to their outright horror – what it is to be not the consumer, but the consumed.

　　Ephraim Goodweather, director of the New York office of the Centers for 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, now a vampire herself, is ever-more determined to claim their son, Zack.

　　As the Biblical origins of the Ancient ones are gradually revealed, Eph learns that there is a greater, more terrible plan in store for the human race – worse even than annihilation…

作者簡介

　　Guillermo Del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and made his feature directorial debut in 1995 with the film Cronos, and has since gone on to direct Mimic, The Devil’s Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy I, Hellboy II, and Pan’s Labyrinth, which garnered enormous critical praise worldwide and won three Academy Awards. He is currently working on his next film and with Chuck Hogan writing the third volume in the Strain trilogy.

　　Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Devils in Exile and Prince of Thieves, which won the 2005 Hammett Award, was called one of the ten best novels of the year by Stephen King, and is a major motion picture from Warner Bros. titled The Town. Hogan lives with his family in Massachusetts.