The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - review

The Strain is exactly what you would expect from a collaboration between director Guillermo del Toro and author Chuck Hogan: easy to listen to and a little weird.

A plane full of passengers lands in New York and immediately loses power.  When almost everyone on board is found dead, the Center for Disease Control is called in and Dr. Ephraim Goodweather becomes entangled in a plot involving vampires, a pawn broker/vampire hunter from Harlem, and mysterious plots involving higher echelons of power.

Possibly because of the fact that there are two authors, The Strain reads like an odd mix of action thriller and horror/sci-fi.  The pace is quick, the take on vampires is unusual, and the narration by Ron Perlman is fantastic, all of which make it a fun listen for horror fans (though anyone who doesn't like genre fiction should steer clear).  It's also the first in a trilogy, so it will be interesting to see how the story develops over time.