Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywoodu2019s most popular and imaginative storytellers (Panu2019s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Hammett Award-winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) return with The Fall, the second blood-chilling volume in their critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Strain Trilogyu2014the basis for the FX series.nnThe Fall picks up where The Strain left offu2014with a vampiric infection spreading like wildfire across America as a small band of heroes struggles to save the dwindling human race from the vampire plague. Horror fiction and dark fantasy fans will be swept up in this epic story that bestselling author Nelson DeMille describes as u201cBram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton.u201d