New Releases by Chuck Hogan

Die Zukunft der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel 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. 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. Es gelingt ihm, den Parasiten, der die Infektion hervorruft, zu identifizieren. Doch er kommt zu spät: Zwischen den Vampiren der Alten und der Neuen Welt bricht ein gnadenloser Krieg aus, und beide Seiten schrecken vor nichts zurück, um die Herrschaft über den Planeten zu übernehmen. Der Kampf um die Zukunft der Menschheit hat begonnen ...

Segunda entrega de «Trilogía de la Oscuridad». Las criaturas de Guillermo del Toro son insaciables... Despertar no te servirá de nada...Y tú sigues teniendo algo bajo la piel que los vuelve locos. Mientras la enfermedad y la cuarentena empiezan a desparramarse por todo el país y el mundo, Eph y Nora identifican el parásito gusano que es el agente infeccioso. Se encuentran atrapados entre las dos facciones en guerra, los Vampiros del Viejo Mundo y los Vampiros del Nuevo Mundo, que luchan para controlar el planeta. Los humanos se han visto desplazados hasta el tope de la cadena alimenticia y ahora comprenden, para su horror, lo que es no ser el consumidor sino... el consumido. Con Nocturna despertaron unos vampiros que nunca debieron abandonar el subsuelo. Ahora la batalla total por el control del planeta se ha desatado. Bajo la tierra la noche es aún más Oscura...

Un Boeing 777 atterra regolarmente all''aeroporto di New York e rimane immobile sulla pista, a motori spenti. Le tendine sono abbassate, il portellone non si apre, il pilota non risponde alle chiamate radio né i passeggeri al cellulare.

Tandis que les vampires envahissent les rues de New York, l''épidémiologiste Ephraïm Goodweather, le professeur Abraham Setrakian et un petit groupe de rescapés tentent de s''organiser au milieu du chaos. Car, partout dans la ville et dans le monde, des émeutes éclatent, des milices se mettent en place et les êtres humains se retrouvent impuissants face à leurs prédateurs, les vampires. Ephraïm et ses amis pourront-ils faire échouer le plan diabolique du Maître qui menace de plonger l''humanité dans la nuit éternelle ? Noir, désespéré, spectaculaire, le second tome de la trilogie " La Lignée " brosse le tableau d''un monde qu''une poignée d''individus essaie de sauver de l''abîme.

Guillermo del Toro, diretor do aclamado O labirinto do fauno, e Chuck Hogan, apontado por Stephen King como um dos dez melhores escritores de suspense da atualidade, estão de volta com A queda – segundo volume da surpreendente e aterradora trilogia iniciada com Noturno. Depois que um devastador ataque de vampiros tomou de assalto a cidade de Nova York, a pandemia se espalha rapidamente pelo globo. Um pequeno grupo de heróis luta para salvar a raça humana da extinção. Horror, suspense e fantasia carregada em tintas noir dão o ritmo eletrizante deste épico, descrito como o ''encontro de Bram Stoker com Stephen King e Michael Crichton''. Nadando contra a corrente do gênero atual, no qual os vampiros são mostrados com inclinações românticas ou como heróis de almas atormentadas, Guillermo del Toro e Chuck Hogan os apresentam como monstros desagradáveis, parasitas com um apetite insaciável por sangue humano. Desta vez, a praga que começou no aeroporto de Nova York continua a se espalhar pelo mundo. Há relatos de vírus nas principais cidades do mundo: Londres, Pequim, Tóquio, Lisboa. A queda mostra um pouco mais da linhagem que gerou o vírus, e a guerra de poder travada entre os Velhos e os Novos vampiros. No centro do conflito, encontra-se um livro com textos fundadores da história da raça e seus segredos mais obscuros. Quem encontrá-lo ganha a guerra e, em última instância, dita o destino da humanidade. Em meio a duas forças devastadoras, encontra-se o homem, reduzido a mero alimento numa guerra diabólica. Desta vez, o Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, seu filho Zack, a Dr. Nora Martinez, o velho Abraham Setrakian e Vasiliy Fet recebem o apoio improvável de Gus Elizade e sua gangue de caça-vampiros. Juntos, este estranho grupo tem que enfrentar o terror que se alastra. Eles são obrigados a tomar decisões difíceis, quando encontram rostos conhecidos dominados pelo vírus.

The tension-filled sequel to THE STRAIN, now a popular Amazon TV show.

Four masked men—thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown—take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn’t plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work—a life centered around Claire. But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a way to rob Boston’s venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career and begin a new life. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all. Racing to an explosive climax, The Town is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms—and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.

Por el creador de la oscarizada El laberinto del fauno, llega Nocturna, la primera entrega de «Trilogía de la Oscuridad». Una estirpe maldita se propaga por el mundo. Y tú tienes algo bajo la piel que los vuelve locos. Un avión procedente de Berlín aterriza en Nueva York. Pero algo no funciona bien desde el momento en que toma tierra. Todas las luces del avión están apagadas, nadie responde a las llamadas de la torre de control, nadie contesta a los teléfonos móviles. Parece como si el avión estuviese muerto... Lo que al principio se considera un virus muy contagioso pronto se revela como algo aterrador. Los «infectados» tienen mucha sed y solo quieren beber... sangre. La epidemia se propaga a una velocidad de vértigo, y en pocos días toda la isla de Manhattan está invadida. Pero esto no ha hecho más que comenzar. Hay un plan siniestro para conquistar rápidamente todo el planeta. Los viejos vampiros han regresado. La lucha entre el bien y el mal vuelve a encarnarse en estas criaturas tan antiguas como actuales. La desigual lucha entre estos seres sobrenaturales y una raleada banda de héroes humanos nos arrastra a una historia llena de acción, alianzas, traiciones y batallas que nos hace reflexionar sobre la condición humana, en la mejor tradición de las películas de su autor, Guillermo del Toro. DESEARÁS QUE SOLO SEA UN CUENTO.

The high-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from the world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy.

Das Ende der Welt beginnt New York, Flughafen. Eine Maschine aus Europa landet – und bleibt plötzlich stehen. Die Lichter gehen aus, nichts rührt sich mehr. Was ist geschehen? Ein Terroranschlag? Eine Seuche? Oder etwas ganz und gar Unvorstellbares ... 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: Die Passagiere sitzen aufrecht in ihren Sesseln und rühren sich nicht. Als Goodweather näher herangeht, bemerkt er bei allen einen kleinen Schnitt am Hals. Und er macht eine weitere unglaubliche Entdeckung: Die Passagiere leben – aber sie sind keine Menschen mehr ... Nein, es ist keine Nacht wie jede andere: In dieser Nacht beginnt der epische Kampf gegen das Böse, das gekommen ist, um New York zu erobern. Und nicht nur diese Stadt, sondern die ganze Welt.

Um Boeing 747 vindo de Berlim à Nova York, e, subitamente, para na pista com todas as cortinas abaixadas, luzes apagadas e o sistema de comunicação em pane. Uma equipe de emergência cerca o avião e observa, incrédula, que a cabine é similar a um túmulo onde todos parecem mortos. O alarme se transforma em terror quando se descobre que este misterioso acontecimento é apenas o primeiro de uma assustadora invasão que se estenderá por todo o planeta e dá início a uma sangrenta batalha entre homens e vampiros. Assim começa Noturno, primeiro livro da Trilogia da Escuridão, do cineasta mexicano Guillermo Del Toro, responsável pelo aclamado O labirinto do Fauno, em parceria com o norte-americano Chuck Hogan, apontado por Stephen King como um dos dez melhores escritores de suspense da atualidade. Juntos, eles criaram uma obra épica sem precedentes, aterradora e vertiginosa, na qual se revelam, pela primeira vez, detalhes surpreendentes sobre esses seres obscuros e fascinantes, desde suas origens bíblicas até o funcionamento de sua anatomia e genética. Transformando a invasão dos vampiros num ataque viral que não escolhe suas vítimas, uma pandemia mundial capaz de pôr em risco a espécie humana, Noturno mantém um ritmo crescente que leva a um clímax arrebatador e deixa os leitores ávidos pela continuação da história, à espera do segundo livro da trilogia.

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan''s Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event. The Strain They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come. In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country. In two months—the world. A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold. In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing . . . So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city—a city that includes his wife and son—before it is too late.

Après Le Prince des braqueurs, où il décrivait la pratique héréditaire du pillage de banques dans une banlieue de Boston, Chuck Hogan s''en prend au calme trompeur d''une bourgade du Massachusetts sur le déclin. C''est en effet là, à Black Falls, que, revenu au bercail après quinze ans d''absence, le policier auxiliaire Donald Maddox va tenter, malgré la corruption qui règne dans la police locale, d''élucider une disparition, puis un meurtre, qui vont vite faire comprendre combien les apparences sont trompeuses dans un lieu où trouver du travail est impossible et où prévaut un ennui fortement teinté de désespoir. Le scénario se complique lorsque, les inspecteurs des Homicides de la police d''Etat organisant une véritable chasse à l''homme, on s''aperçoit que la corruption a tout gangrené et que le chevalier blanc est loin d''être au-dessus de tout soupçon. Auteur, entre autres ouvrages, du Prince des braqueurs (prochainement adapté au cinéma et couronné par le prix Hammett), Chuck Hogan vit dans le Massachusetts avec sa famille.

With a brilliantly plotted new crime novel set in small-town Massachusetts, Chuck Hogan, prizewinning author of Prince of Thieves, delivers a page-turning, knockout thriller that demonstrates why he is the unrivaled master of gritty suspense. The crack of a handgun shatters the silence of a warm summer night...A notorious local felon and former child magician vanishes, seemingly without a trace...A corrupt police force applies a stranglehold to a failing town...An ailing old man hatches a last-ditch plan to save the police department he once headed, and the community he still loves...An outsider arrives, bearing a simple recipe for death that could destroy them all... Buried deep in the rural backcountry of New England, the town of Black Falls isn''t dying so much as quietly fading away. No supermarket. No traffic lights. No ATM. No hope. Donald Maddox, a man with no law enforcement background -- indeed, no background at all -- has returned to his hometown after fifteen years to find himself employed as an auxiliary patrolman on a local police force known to inspire more fear than trust in its citizenry. When a brutal murder shatters the isolation of this forgotten place, triggering the arrival of state police homicide detectives and a town-wide manhunt, both the local cops and Maddox appear to have something to hide. As the tightly wound mystery that is Maddox''s past begins to unravel, he becomes ensnared in a deadly conspiracy that ultimately threatens his life, as well as the lives of those nearest him. From its opening pages until its haunting final image, The Killing Moon displays the author''s trademark gift for soul-deep characterization, crisp pacing, and unflinching realism. This is Chuck Hogan''s richest, most satisfying thriller yet.

From the author of The Strain comes a tense, psychologically gripping, Hammet award-winning thriller. Four masked men—thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown—take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn''t plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work—a life centered around Claire. But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a way to rob Boston''s venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career and begin a new life. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all. Racing to an explosive climax, Prince of Thieves is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms—and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.

THE END OF THE WORLD WILL COME FROM WITHIN It first appears in Africa--hideous and unstoppable--an all-consuming terror unlike anything the world has ever seen. Two years later, it resurfaces to feed on the residents of a small New England town. Within days, only a handful survive--including one young woman whose blood is the serum of life--miraculously pared to bear witness to the plague''s terrible wrath. Not even he dreaded Ebola possesses the apocalyptic power of this loathsome scrounge that devastates the flesh and the soul. Two brilliant scientists--now bitter rivals--contained it once using the most extreme methods. But thee virus that has reemerged is a thousand times stronger. . .and it is changing Noone is safe from the contagion that devours but is never sated, from the pestilence that walks like a man. Woe to the Earth. The Zero hour has come.

A white supremacist, barricaded with his family on an isolated Montana mountaintop, holding off the cops with assault rifles. A brilliant hostage negotiator who has failed to come to terms with his personal demons, reluctantly taking leadership of the one case he can''t afford to lose. A virtual army of state and local cops, national guardsmen, U.S. Marshals, and the FBI''s elite hostage rescue team, clawing for jurisdiction, vowing vengeance for fallen comrades. A growing crowd of onlookers, sympathizers, and troublemakers, some willing to turn an isolated battle into an all-out war. A mixture as explosive and unstable as nitroglycerine... The Standoff. A stunning debut from a major new talent.

LEARNING GOLF is a how-to-learn guide for golfers of all skill levels. The book lays down this simple challenge to the reader: "You have a choice in golf--you can be overwhelmed by waves of random tips & quick fixes & join the hit-&-complain club or you can follow this proven learning model & become your own life-long instructor & the final arbiter of your own enjoyment." LEARNING GOLF offers a simple & sure-fire formula for the permanent learning of the full golf swing, short game mechanics, & direction as to how to actually play the game of golf on the golf course. It does this by presenting a new model for learning the game, constructed from the most up-to-date research from the physical & social sciences, filtered through its author''s, Chuck Hogan''s, many years of experience as a teacher of the game. Hogan is an advisor to over 60 tour players, & in addition to serving as a consultant to numerous collegiate golf teams, he has been the lead educator for teacher training seminars for the PGA, the LPGA, the National Golf Foundation & the Canadian PGA. In addition to being a full-time golf instructor, Hogan is a prolific producer of highly-acclaimed books, magazine articles, videos & audio cassettes.

FIVE DAYS TO GOLFING EXCELLENCE is about playing golf, but the author, Chuck Hogan, does not stop at teaching you how to make a correct golf swing. In fact, learning the golf swing is only one step in a learning progression that leads you to the true enjoyment of the game of golf. The book has been divided in to five sections, arranged as a five-day self-study course on golf. Day one is devoted to learning how to relax & feel good about the game of golf. Here the reader will learn to make golf a sequential learning process & how to enjoy playing the game on the golf course. Day two deals with the ins & outs of swing mechanics & the role that swing technique plays in learning the game. On the third day the golfer learns what images are & how to benefit from being able to use them. The reader then learns on the fourth day how to apply imaging techniques to create the appropriate mental constructs necessary to play good golf. The fifth day, the actual nuts & bolts of putting everything together in a useable, unified whole are presented. Critical to this entire 5-day learning experience is a new way of processing information about the golf shot & the shotmaker. In this book the reader will learn how to combine mental mechanic skills & an understanding & execution of physical skills that ensure both better performance & more enjoyment of the game of golf.