The Strain 束缚

图书标准信息

• 作者 Del Toro（德尔·托罗） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2004-01
• ISBN 9780061992674
• 定价 84.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 624页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Aheart-stoppingthrillerthefirstinatrilogyaboutaninvasionofvampiresbyoneofHollywoodsmostpopularandimaginativestorytellers,thecreatoroftheOscar-winningPansLabyrinth.ABoeing777landsatJFKafteraflightfromBerlinandisonitswaytothegate-whenitsuddenlygoesdark.Juststopsdead.Thecontroltowerlosescontactwiththepilotandallelectricalactivityshutsdown.Nomovementorcommunicationfrominside.Nada.Anemergencycrewgathers,everyonewatchingthesilentplanenowbathedinfloodlights.Thenasliverofblackquietlyappearsonthefuselage.Itsadooropeningfromwithin.

Dr.EphGoodweather,headoftheCDCsNewYorkteam,entersandfindsacabinlookinglikeawingedgraveyardwhereeveryoneappearstobedead.Ashebeginstoremovebodiesfortransporttothemorgue,fourvictimsarediscoveredmiraculouslyalive-andrelativelyunscathedapartfromcomplaintsofdisorientationandastrangesoreness.

Butthisisjustthebeginning

Atthesametime,EldrichPalmer,directoroftheglobalStoneheartGroup,monitorstheJFKsceneonTVfromhissickbedinVirginia.Pleasedwithwhathesees,hesendsforahelicopterforimmediatetransporttoaManhattanpenthouse.InQueens,Ephsex-wifeKelleyandtheir11-year-oldsonreadythemselveswiththerestoftheEasternUnitedStatesforthefirsttotallunareclipseinmorethanfourhundredyears.InapawnshopinSpanishHarlem,aformerprofessorandsurvivoroftheNaziconcentrationcampsnamedAbrahamSetrakiantakesitallin.Heknowsthathistimehascome,thatawarisabouttobegin,andthattheMasterisHere.

Sobeginsanescalatingbattleofepicproportionsasthevampiricvirusthathasinfectedthefoursurvivorsbeginstoravagethecity.Eph-guidedbySetrakian,andjoinedbyVassily,aexterminator,Nora,EphsCDCcolleague,andGus,aHarlemgangbanger-fightshiswaythroughthenexthorrifyingdays,determinedtosavehiswifeandsonbeforetheMastersucceedsinhisunholymission.

【作者简介】

BornandraisedinGuadalajara,Mexicoin1964,GuillermoDelTorodisplayedrarefilmmakingtalentfromanearlierage.AfilmprodigydedicatedtoLatinAmericancinema,hesoonearnedaplaceonTimemagazineslistof50YoungLeadersfortheNewMillenium.Afterexecutiveproducinghisfirstfeatureatage22,heworkedasaspecialeffectsmake-updesignerforseveralyearsbeforeforminghisowncompany,Necropia.In1993,DelToromadehisfeaturedirectorialdebutwiththefilmCronos,whichwentontowinmultipleawards,includingtheCriticsPrizeattheCannesFilmFestivalandeightofhiscountrysacademyawards.InthewakeofthatsuccesshemadehisfirstforayintoHollywoodfilmmakingwithMimic(1997)starringMiraSorvino.HereturnedtohisnativeMexicoin2001tomakeTheDevilsBackbone,achillingghoststorysetduringtheSpanishCivilWar,atimeperiodherevisitedin2006inhismasterpiece,PansLabyrinth,whichgarneredenormouscriticalpraiseworldwideandwonthreeAcademyAwards.Hehasalsodirectedseveralsuccessfulcomic-bookinspiredfilmssuchasBladeII,HellboyI,andHellboyII.HewilldirecttwofilmsbasedonTHEHOBBIT,tobeproducedbyPeterJackson.

ChuckHoganistheauthorofseveralacclaimednovels,includingTHESTANDOFF,anationalbestseller,andPRINCEOFTHIEVES,whichwonthe2005HammettAwardandwascalledbyStephenKingoneofthetenbestnovelsoftheyear.PRINCEOFTHIEVESwasjustannouncedasamajormotionpictureacquisitionbyWarnerBrothers,tobedirectedbyandstarBenAffleck.