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Humans have been displaced at the top of the food chain, and now understand - to their outright horror - what it is to be not the consumer, but the consumed. Ephraim Goodweather, director of the New York office of the Centers for Disease control, is one of the few humans who understands what is really happening. Vampires have arrived in New York City, and their condition is contagious. If they cannot be contained, the entire world is at risk of infection.

A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously 'goes dark', stopping in the middle of the runway for no apparent reason, all lights off, all doors sealed. The pilots cannot be raised. When the hatch above the wing finally clicks open, it quickly becomes clear that everyone on board is dead - although there is no sign of any trauma or struggle. Ephraim Goodweather and his team from the Center for Disease Control must work quickly to establish the cause of this strange ocurrence before panic spreads.

The night belongs to them, and it will be a night eternal… After the blasts, it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day, the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time. Almost every single man, woman and child has been enslaved in vast camps across the globe. Like animals, they are farmed, harvested for the sick pleasure of the Master Race.

On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its core lies a centuries-old mystery. But in chapter two of The Boy in the Iron Box, no secret is safe. A concealed pit; an iron box, wrapped in chains; a statue of a boy. What unknowns await the anxious, disoriented team in this strange ruin? Night will tell.

Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defence, shakes the young FBI agent to her core. Devastated, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles Odessa isn't the tragedy itself - it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agent's body after his death.

Als die junge FBI-Agentin Odessa Hardwick zusammen mit ihrem Partner, dem hochdekorierten Agenten Walt Leppo, zum Haus eines Mörders gerufen wird, bietet sich ihr ein Bild des Grauens. Der Mann hat seine gesamte Familie bestialisch abgeschlachtet und die Polizeibeamten attackiert, ehe er getötet werden konnte. Einzig die kleine Tochter des Täters hat überlebt. Walt will sich um das verstörte Kind kümmern - und rastet plötzlich völlig aus. Odessa ist gezwungen, ihn zu erschießen. Im Moment seines Todes glaubt sie, einen schwarzen Schatten zu sehen, der Walts Körper verlässt.

Nachdem ein mysteriöser Vampirvirus New York befallen hat, droht sich die Seuche nun über das ganze Land, ja die ganze Welt zu verbreiten. Ephraim Goodweather, der Chef des New Yorker Seuchenpräventionsteams, hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, den blutrünstigen Monstern, die die Straßen der Stadt unsicher machen, die Stirn zu bieten.

Flying dark, a plane carrying a team of mercenaries crash-lands on a remote snowy summit. When they come across a mazelike stone fortress, it’s no refuge from the wolves and the freezing wind. It’s more like a trap. What they discover can stop the heart—or worse. As terror takes a new shape, the real battle for survival begins in this unrelenting serialized novel from Academy Award–winning filmmaker and writer Guillermo del Toro.

A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in the Tian Shan mountains. The men are accustomed to danger. Now they’re growing accustomed to fear. Team leader Liev and his band of survivors are stranded in the bitter winds with little hope of rescue—or outlasting the wolves that have scented blood. In the distance is the apparent sanctuary of an abandoned stone fortress. That an ancient bulwark even exists on this forsaken summit is beyond comprehension. So is what lies on the other side of its walls.

What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades fall, fear threatens to consume the survivors in chapter four of The Boy in the Iron Box. Liev’s plan: get his men out of this ancient stone prison, take their chances with the wolves, and descend the summit at first light. But in this snowbound hell, there’s soon to be a frightening new twist to survival.

Their radio is sabotaged. The wolves are gathering outside. And for the increasingly desperate mercenaries, the worst is yet to come in chapter three of The Boy in the Iron Box: the box is empty. In the wake of an inexplicable disappearance, Liev and his men use their tactical skills to last the night—by going hunting. Following a small, bare footprint in the snow leads only to the realization that someone, or something, is hunting them.

Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. In a final confrontation, the true nature of the Boy is coming to light. In a stone chamber, the familiar young figure lingers with an unsettling calm. He has a question for Liev: Do you want to stop me? Now, for two merchants of death, each with his own purpose, one last contest lies ahead.

The mercenaries set an explosive scheme in motion to blow this bad dream to smithereens. But in chapter five of The Boy in the Iron Box, they soon find that even the best-laid plans can backfire. With the morale of the team fraying, Liev makes a vow. He’s not going to leave anyone behind until the last stand is seen through to its cold and bitter end. On this night, it’s Liev who lies in wait to face everything he’s feared. It’s nothing like he expected.

Atemlose Spannung garantiert! New York. Eine geheimnisvolle Seuche verwandelt die Bewohner der Stadt einen nach dem anderen in Vampire. Eine kleine Gruppe von Menschen stellt sich ihnen entgegen, doch der Kampf scheint aussichtslos: Die Seuche droht den gesamten Planeten zu befallen – und damit das Ende der menschlichen Zivilisation einzuläuten. Nachdem ein mysteriöser Vampirvirus New York befallen hat, droht sich die Seuche nun über das ganze Land, ja die ganze Welt zu verbreiten.

Ein Hörbuch wie ein Hollywood Blockbuster! Für Ephraim Goodweather, den Chef des New Yorker Seuchenpräventionsteams, ist es keine Nacht wie jede andere. Für die gesamte Menschheit ist es keine Nacht wie jede andere. In dieser Nacht kommt auf dem J.F.K. Flughafen eine gerade aus Europa gelandete Maschine unvermittelt zum Stehen, der Pilot bricht den Funkverkehr ab, alle Lichter erlöschen. Goodweather trommelt seine Leute zusammen, und gemeinsam betreten sie das Flugzeug. Es bietet sich ihnen ein gespenstisches Bild: Die Passagiere sitzen aufrecht in ihren Sesseln und rühren sich nicht.

Für Ephraim Goodweather, den Chef des New Yorker Seuchenpräventionsteams, ist es keine Nacht wie jede andere. Für die gesamte Menschheit ist es keine Nacht wie jede andere. In dieser Nacht kommt auf dem John-F.-Kennedy-Flughafen eine gerade gelandete Maschine unvermittelt zum Stehen, der Pilot bricht den Funkverkehr ab, alle Lichter erlöschen. Goodweather trommelt seine Leute zusammen, und gemeinsam betreten sie das Flugzeug. Es bietet sich ihnen ein gespenstisches Bild...

As sombras do mal: As fitas de Blackwood conta a história do encontro improvável entre a agente do FBI Odessa Hardwicke e o enigmático Hugo Blackwood. Ao testemunhar um crime brutal e inexplicável e se ver forçada a tirar a vida do companheiro de trabalho, Odessa passa a questionar sua sanidade e seu futuro. Ela não consegue entender o que de fato aconteceu, mas tem uma única certeza: viu um vulto saindo do corpo do amigo, uma presença aterrorizante e maligna que jamais se apagará de sua mente.