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|title=The Strain Book One

|sort=Strain Book One, The

|publisher=Dark Horse

|date=July 2014

|summary=Showing that even del Toro can struggle to find something completely new to say regarding vampires, this still has some chutzpah and class, and is worth a look.

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A liner ends its journey from Europe in a port city, and waits, silently, holding whatever secrets it had with little signs of life. It is found to contain a heavy box, almost coffin-like, containing mud – and something else. But this is not the coasts of England, and this is not Bram Stoker. This is also not a sailing boat, but an airliner – a Boeing 777, stuck at JFK airport with no signs of life. The CDC and one man – Dr Ephraim Goodweather – are tasked with looking into it. But he won't like what he finds – and nor should anyone. The problem is, some ''do…''

I must thank the publishers for my review copy.

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