The Strain (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Eldritch Palmer: A very rich old man with an agenda of his own.
• Jim Kent: A partner of Ephraim
• Abraham Setrakian: Old professor and owner of a pawn shop and vampire hunter
• Ansel Barbour: Surviving passenger from the plane, husband and father
• Dr. Ephraim Goodweather: Works for CDC (Centers for Disease Control). Father of Zack.
• Felix: Young man and criminal. Friend of Gus.
• Gus Elizalde: Young man and small time criminal
• Zack Goodweather: Ephraim's son
• Jusef Sardu: The body the 7th ancient took possession of.
• Joan Luss: One of the passengers on the plane.
• Nora Martinez: Ephraim's partner
• Kelly Goodweather: Ephraim's estranged wife and doting mother
• Vasiliy Fet: A rat exterminator that becomes part of the group that includes Eph and Setrakian.
• Gabriel Bolivar: Famous artist
• Gertie: Dog

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• “I believe what we saw up there on that rooftop this morning was the end of our kind.”

  Setrakian

• “"Good health was the birthright of most, and life a series of days to be tripped through. They had never known the nearness of death. The intimacy of ultimate darkness."”

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• Part of getting old is checking oneself constantly. Keeping a good firm grip on the handrail. Making sure you’re still you.

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• The Thing was an expert in horror, but this human horror indeed exceeded any other possible fate. Not only because it was without mercy, but because it was acted upon rationally and without compulsion. It was a choice. The killing was unrelated to the larger war, and served no purpose other than evil. Men chose to do this to other men and invented reasons and places and myths in order to satisfy their desire in a logical and methodical way.

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• Setrakian ran and ran and found himself crying…for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing. A matter of choice.

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• “Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the marriage of a man and a woman.”

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• elegiac mood. He looked at his shop, the display cases of chrome and streaked glass. The wristwatches showcased on felt instead of velvet, the polished silver he couldn’t get rid of, the bits of

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Organizations edit see section history

• CDC: Center for Disease Control.
• Canary Project: Add a description of this organization.
• The Stoneheart Group

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Followed by The Fall.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Chuck Hogan (Author)
2. Guillermo del Toro (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Ron Perlman (Narrator)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › Vampires
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › Dark Fantasy

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