The Night Eternal - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

The Night Eternal

By Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

  • Release Date: 2011-10-25
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 1,003 Ratings)
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“The most credible and frightening of all the vampire books of the past decade.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“Bram Stoker meets Stephen King meets Michael Crichton. It just doesn’t get much better than this.”
—Nelson DeMille

The stunning New York Times bestselling vampire saga that author Dan Simmons (Drood, The Terror) calls, “an unholy spawn of I Am Legend out of ‘Salem’s Lot,” concludes with The Night Eternal. The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan—whose novel Prince of Thieves, was praised as, “one of the 10 best books of the year” by Stephen King—The Night Eternal begins where The Strain and The Fall left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter.  Still, a small band of the living fights on in the shadows, in the final book of the ingenious dark fantasy trilogy that Newsweek says is, “good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories.”

Reviews

  • The Culmination to a trilogy

    5
    By Jcornej0
    The Night Eternal, though lengthy towards the conclusion, was a sensual fulfillment for Eph and Co. A very good read throughout

  • Top notch thriller-couldn't put it down!

    5
    By Cdftrim
    I began to read these series of books after becoming enthralled with the TV series "The Strain." I had gotten out of the habit of reading novels a couple of years ago. This series of three books renewed my interest in reading novels. I couldn't put them down. As is usually the case with all books, the author is able to tell the story in such detail that just isn't possible to do with a television show. Would recommend this to any fan of action/drama/thriller novels. After reading the first book in the series "The Strain," I realized how different the books were going to be than the television series. I can't wait for the opportunity to watch the TV show to come back on!!!

  • Sensational series

    5
    By Pnutsback
    A great finale! All 3 books are page turners. The way the characters morph into their fates throughout the story is shockingly written. I hope new tales with the same inspirations arrive from the authors. Good stories are so few, of late.

  • Reads like a made for tv horror film from 15 years ago

    4
    By Das Einhorn
    Not a bad story but the way this series is written is exceedingly clumsy and at times just bizarre. The author is madly in love with the word “preternatural” and equally enamored with comparing things to “pudding skin.’ Interesting take on the well-worn vampire theme but glaringly weak dialogue and cliched character forms abound. That being said, I’ve bothered to read all 3 books so I cant deny there is something entertaining and engaging about this series.

  • Yes!!!!

    5
    By Sixfold
    Everything I hoped it would be! The whole series has been awesome! I can't wait to see the movies!

  • Excellent

    5
    By rapaman42
    Many a story have I read, this one is in the top 3! All three of the books I sat and read in about 4days. I was so drawn into the story. From a powerful and quiet exterminator to the sadistic love of a turned mother. I have and will continue to tell everyone I know to read this series. With both of these authors being great directors we could be in for a real treat if they made a movie as well.

  • Interesting & entertaining

    4
    By Erysipelothrix
    I thoroughly enjoyed reading all three books in the series. I hope they make movies.

  • Not bad, not good

    3
    By Type7924
    Meh. A very so-so ending to a promising series.

  • The Night Eternal

    2
    By Nenufart
    The concept was way too ambitious and , in the result, quite beyond the reach of the authors to credibly execute. Additionally , it is surely unconstitutional and disrespectful of a noble tradition for any author to offer an entirely new type of vampire with all sorts of new-fangled attributes, like sucker /stingers and worm infested blood. Simply not acceptable! A vamp without retractable fangs is surely not a vamp! I am afraid Ms Rice still has no credible rival, but anyways "nice try". Frank Solomon.

  • A sad but satisfying conclusion to a great series.

    5
    By SilverFoxESQ
    Now that I've just read all three books in the series – and finished The Night Eternal 25 minutes ago – and increasing my respect for these two authors, I can definitely say that the last 10-20 pages of the book both took me by surprise and was very satisfying. It is not the typical feel-good ending with smiles and high-fives, but ended with a great sense of conclusion and understanding. This book, more so than the others due to the change in time and circumstances, provides much more character analysis and psychology with insights into Eph, Fet, Nora, and Gus, not to mention the disturbing progression of Zach and his circumstances. It is depressing but an interesting human study to watch Eph fall so much, while Fet and Nora (and Gus) taking such responsibility with their situation. Anyways, this is a must-read but only within the series as a whole. Do not attempt to read this as a stand-alone story (which the authors claim is possible) as it will leave you significantly grasping for so much more from the characters and narrative – mostly with the loss of Setrakian at the end of the The Fall.

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