The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro
Like a Jack Reacher crime thriller... with a Van Helsing-style demon hunter - The Guardian From the Oscar-winning director of Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, and Hellboy, and the authors of The Strain comes a new paranormal thriller - X-FILES meets Ben Aaronovitch. ______________________________________ A horrific crime that defies ordinary explanation. A rookie FBI agent in dangerous, uncharted territory. An extraordinary hero for the ages. Odessa's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defence, shakes Odessa to her core and she is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles her isn't the tragedy itself - it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agent's body after his death. Questioning her future with the FBI and her sanity, Odessa accepts a low-level assignment to clear out the belongings of a retired agent in the New York office. What she finds there will put her on the trail of a mysterious figure named Hugo Blackwood, a man of enormous means who claims to have been alive for centuries. What he tells her could mean he's an unhinged lunatic. That, or he's humanity's best and only defence against an unspeakable evil that could corrupt even the best of us . . . _______________________________________________________ Praise for THE HOLLOW ONES 'A transporting, pageturning thriller that rips open a brand new universe, filling it with suspense.' Brad Meltzer, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Escape Artist 'Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have yet another twisted masterpiece on their hands. An enduring new series combining horror, suspense, and fable.' Stephen Chbosky, NYT bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend 'Inventive and macabre.' Kirkus 'Horrifying . . . The authors keep the tension high throughout. Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast books will be enthralled' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
A swift, thoroughly imagined entertainment that looks back at the genre's past while hinting, in the final pages, of future installments to comeThe possibilities are limitless. * Washington Post *
Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have yet another twisted masterpiece on their hands. An enduring new series combining horror, suspense, and fable. * Stephen Chbosky, NYT bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend *
Inventive and macabre. * Kirkus *
Horrifying . . . The authors keep the tension high throughout. Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Pendergast books will be enthralled. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *
A transporting, page-turning thriller that rips open a brand new universe, filling it with suspense. * Brad Meltzer, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Escape Artist *
Recommended reading for everyone with a taste for occult detective fiction featuring a great premise, interesting characters, and a tantalizing promise of more to follow * The New York Journal of Books *
This compellingly paced novel allow readers to become wholly invested in the story's well-crafted sense of dread and in the odd-couple pairing of Hardwicke and Blackwood. A great choice. * Booklist *
A quick read, with propulsive action and just enough explication to keep readers interested. . . del Toro and Hogan ground the story in just enough reality to keep you turning the pages. * Associated Press *
The Hollow Ones is never dull, dropping readers right into the action and deftly switching between timelines . . . A lean and macabre page-turner. * USA Today *
Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have yet another twisted masterpiece on their hands. An enduring new series combining horror, suspense, and fable. * Stephen Chbosky, NYT bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend *
Inventive and macabre. * Kirkus *
Horrifying . . . The authors keep the tension high throughout. Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Pendergast books will be enthralled. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *
A transporting, page-turning thriller that rips open a brand new universe, filling it with suspense. * Brad Meltzer, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Escape Artist *
Recommended reading for everyone with a taste for occult detective fiction featuring a great premise, interesting characters, and a tantalizing promise of more to follow * The New York Journal of Books *
This compellingly paced novel allow readers to become wholly invested in the story's well-crafted sense of dread and in the odd-couple pairing of Hardwicke and Blackwood. A great choice. * Booklist *
A quick read, with propulsive action and just enough explication to keep readers interested. . . del Toro and Hogan ground the story in just enough reality to keep you turning the pages. * Associated Press *
The Hollow Ones is never dull, dropping readers right into the action and deftly switching between timelines . . . A lean and macabre page-turner. * USA Today *
Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1964. He is the director of the films Cronos, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy, Hellboy II, Pacific Rim and Pan's Labyrinth, which garnered enormous critical praise worldwide and won three Academy Awards, and The Shape of Water, which won the 2018 Oscar Award for Best Picture. Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Devils in Exile and Prince of Thieves, which won the 2005 Hammett Award, was named one of the ten best novels of the year by Stephen King, and was the basis of the motion picture The Town.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529100945 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529100941 |
| Title | The Hollow Ones |
| Author | Guillermo Del Toro |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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