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The Strain: Volume 4 – The Fall                                          Trade Paperback
Writers: Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan & David Lapham
Artist: Mike Huddleston
Colorist: Dan Jackson
Letterer: Clem Robins
Editors: Sierra Hahn & Jim Gibbons
Cover by: E.M. Gist

The Strain is a 2009 vampire horror novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. It is the first installment in The Strain Trilogy, and was followed by The Fall (2010) and The Night Eternal (2011).The Strain limited comic book series (2011-2013) written David Lapham, with artist Mike Huddleston was adapted from the novel of the same name. A television adaptation premiered on FX in 2014 and concluded in 2017. The Strain is widely acclaimed and considered Vampire Horror at its Finest! 

One week ago, they invaded Manhattan. Now they will destroy the world.

With the streets teeming with vampires and chaos, there’s little hope of victory for a ragtag band of vampire hunters protecting Manhattan. But elderly pawnbroker Abraham Setrakian is convinced that an ancient tome called the Occido Lumen holds the key to turning the tide defeating the Master. Can they find a way to thwart the black will of this ancient evil in time, or is New York doomed to be the first human stronghold to fall against the plague of vampires?

Adapting the horrific and action-packed second novel from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s New York best-selling Strain Trilogy, this volume of The Strain: The Fall concludes the vampire war, revealing the fate Manhattan and… the world.

Story/Spoilers
In part #1, Sure that an ancient tome, the Occido Lumen, holds the secret to defeating the Master, Fet and Setrakian head to the auction house for a different kind of battle. Meanwhile, Eph, sure of a conspiracy surrounding the vampire epidemic, mounts a secret mission to assassinate the wealthy and ailing Eldritch Palmer!

Next in part #2, When Nora tries to shepherd Eph’s son to safety outside the city, her subterranean escape from Manhattan is intercepted by the boy’s mother-a freshly turned vampire! Meanwhile, Eph comes face to face with the man that helped engineer the vampiric coup!

Next in part #3, Why does Setrakian, an elderly pawnbroker and a vampire expert, keep a still-beating vampiric heart in a jar? The grisly tale behind this gruesome artifact is a heart-wrenching story, but one that fuels revenge! Meanwhile, Dr. Goodweather’s capture has taken a turn for the worse as he faces execution…

Next in part #4, Trapped in a tunnel below the Hudson River, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather’s son Zack and Dr. Nora Martinez fight for their lives against an onslaught of vampires commanded by Zack’s mother! Meanwhile, though the Master’s evil plan has almost sealed humanity’s fate, his oldest enemy, Abraham Setrakian, may have discovered the key to victory.

Finally in part #5, As the Master’s plan to cover the world in eternal darkness is coming to fruition, Abraham Setrakian launches a desperate attack on his oldest enemy! The lives of our characters and the landscape of the world will never be the same.

Trade Paperback reprints/collects: The Strain: The Fall (2013 – 2014) Issues #5-9.  Dark Horse Comics

Trade Paperback is bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Edition
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Publication Date: July 2014
Format: FC, 136 pages, TPB, 10.25″ x 6.75″
ISBN-10: 1616554495
ISBN-13: 9781616554491

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Fine + condition. (remainder mark) Otherwise… Very Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Strain and/or Vampire collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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