Хоган Чак (6)

When Neal Maven and a crew of fellow Iraq War veterans begin ripping off Boston-area drug dealers for profit, their lives are quickly put into jeopardy. As Maven’s involvement deepens, two worrisome things happen: he begins to suspect that their leader has a sinister ulterior motive, and he lusts after the leader’s girl — a tough former model with a drug problem. As the rip-off jobs get riskier, Maven and his crew are soon pursued by both a smart federal DEA agent and by a pair of psychopathic Jamaican hit men on a drug lords’ payroll. When everything goes bad — and it goes very bad — Maven embarks on a one-man crusade to right the wrongs in which he unwittingly participated. Not everyone will survive his crusade, and Maven himself may not live to see the final outcome...

A deadly war of nerves between perfectly matched opponents. The law descends in force as local police officials, Montana State Troopers, National Guard helicopters, a United States Marshals Special Operations Group, and the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team converge on Paradise Ridge. When state-of-the-art surveillance technology fails to prevent the murder of a federal marshal, the FBI recalls from operational exile its ranking veteran crisis manager: a brilliant but unstable negotiator named John T. Banish. As casualties mount on both sides, Paradise Ridge becomes a tinderbox. Banish must pry a heavily armed, ruthlessly cunning criminal out of hiding while, at the foot of the mountain, a massive gathering of Ables’s outraged supporters threatens to turn into a full-scale riot. More than a high-stokes face-off between a lawbreaker and the law, what takes place over the course of nine agonizing days in Montana is a contest of wills and wits as intensely personal as The Fugitive or The Hunt for Red October. One of this year’s most talked-about novels, soon to be a major motion picture, THE STANDOFF grabs you on page one and simply cannot be put down. This is a remarkable fiction debut — a bottle that no one dares win; a tactical and psychological duel more harrowing than anything you have ever experienced.

Създателят на наградения с OSCAR и носителят на наградата въплъщават въображението си в този дързък, епичен роман за ужасяващата битка между човека и вампирите, която застрашава съдбата на цялото човечество. Това е първата част на една вълнуваща трилогия, изключително събитие на световния литературен пазар.

Гийермо дел Торо и Чък Хоган

представят:

Боинг 777 пристига на летище Кенеди и рулира към своята писта, когато изведнъж замира.

Всички сенници на прозорците са спуснати.

Всички светлини са загасени.

Всички канали за комуникация мълчат.

Екипите на земята не могат да дадат отговор какво се случва и затова на помощ е извикан екип от центъра за борба с биологичните зарази. Доктор Еф Гудуедър, ръководител на спешното звено, приема обаждането и се качва първи на борда на самолета. Това, което открива, смразява кръвта във вените му.

В една заложна къща в Испански Харлем бившият професор, оцелял след Холокоста, Абрахам Сетракян знае какво се случва и знае, че е настъпил моментът и войната започва…

Започва битка от библейски мащаб, след като вампирски вирус заразява Ню Йорк и продължава да се разпространява по улиците. Еф и Сетракян, заедно с техният разнороден екип, трябва да открият начин да спасят града, преди да стане твърде късно.

Роден и израснал в Гуадалахара, Мексико, прави режисьорския си дебют през 1993 год. с филма . След това режисира , , , — 1 и 2, , които получават одобрението и на критиката и на публиката и му донасят три награди OSCAR. В момента той режисира двете части на филма по романа „Хобит“ на Толкин, продуциран от Питър Джаксън.

Чък Хоган„Хамет“„Принцът на Крадците“„The Standoff“„един от десетте най-добри писатели на годината“

"A terrifying story that feels like it was ripped from today's headlines." – James Rollins

From the authors of the instant New York Times bestseller The Strain comes the next volume in one of the most imaginative and frightening thriller series in many, many years Last week they invaded Manhattan. This week they will destroy the world.

The vampiric virus unleashed in The Strain has taken over New York City. It is spreading and soon will envelop the globe. Amid the chaos, Eph Goodweather – head of the Centers for Disease Control's team – leads a band out to stop these bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.

Ignited by the Master's horrific plan, a war erupts between Old and New World vampires, each vying for control. At the center of the conflict lies a book, an ancient text that contains the vampires' entire history… and their darkest secrets. Whoever finds the book can control the outcome of the war and, ultimately, the fate of us all. And it is between these warring forces that humans – powerless and vulnerable – find themselves no longer the consumers but the consumed. Though Eph understands the vampiric plague better than anyone, even he cannot protect those he loves. His ex-wife, Kelly, has been transformed into a bloodcrazed creature of the night, and now she stalks the city looking for her chance to reclaim her Dear One: Zack, Eph's young son.

With the future of humankind in the balance, Eph and his team, guided by the brilliant former professor and Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian and exterminator Vasiliy Fet and joined by a crew of ragtag gangsters, must combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than anyone has imagined – a fate worse than annihilation.