The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, 585 pages
The Strain is the first in a vampire horror trilogy. I had watched the television show first, unaware of the series' existence. While the show is (so far) a pretty good adaptation of the book, as always there is depth and fullness in the novel that don't translate to screen. It reads at a breakneck speed despite the page count. From the first page, we get an overwhelming sense of dread. As the story unfolds and the virus progresses, panic builds until it is almost claustrophobic.
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