Finished The Strain last night. It's a vampire-virus action-fest. It's gonna make a great movie, if they can get the effects done right. I really got the movie vibe from this book. It's by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro (who created Pan's Labyrinth, which was visually amazing). Basically a bada@@ vampire from Europe is smuggled aboard an aircraft and kills everyone except a few people who he infected. (Which maybe I missed something but don't remember how the vamp was supposed to have killed everyone at once). The four survivors get away from authorities (it takes a while for the people to get sick), and the corpses re-animate themselves and all start spreading the vampire virus. (actually more of a parasite/virus combo). The vamps don't bite they strike with their new slithery wormy tongues. It follows a few main characters as they fight the vampire plague. It's gory, it's grissly, it's a man's book (my husband will love it if I can get him to start on it). But this mom liked it too:) Looking forward to reading the rest. It does leave you with a few questions but I'm sure they'll be addressed in the next book.
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