The Night Eternal

Book Three of the Strain Trilogy

By: Chuck Hogan, Guillermo Del Toro

Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes

Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

It’s been two years since the vampiric virus was unleashed in The Strain and the entire world now lies on the brink of annihilation. There has been a mass extermination of humans orchestrated by the Master - an ancient vampire possessed of unparalleled powers. The future of humankind lies in the hands of a ragtag band of freedom fighters - Dr. Eph Goodweather, Dr. Nora Martinez, Vasiliy Fet, and Mr. Quinlan, the half-breed offspring of the Master who is bent on revenge. It’s their job to overturn this devastating new world order. But good and evil are malleable terms now, and the Master is most skilled at preying on the weaknesses of humans.

Now, at this critical hour, there is evidence of a traitor in their midst... And only one man holds the answer to the Master’s demise, but is he one who can be trusted with the fate of the world? And who among them will pay the ultimate sacrifice - so that others may be saved?

©2011 Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers

When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Fellow Strain Trilogy Readers: (*this is not a stand alone read! so get The Strain, The Fall, and join us!) How we loved the delicious goosebumps we got each time we heard the strigoi Sardou's "pick....pick...pick"! How terrifyingly fun it was to run up the stairs in the dark and hope the "turned" weren't crawling up the sides of our house to our bedroom windows! How devotedly we counted down the days (that left our eclectic pack of heroes suspended in the dark vampire-haven of nuclear winter) and waited--as hungry for the story's conclusion as the creepy crawly Master was for world domination. How merely satisfying to cross the finish line, hmmm.
This final installment is definitely action-packed, top-notch horror, with all the loose ends wrapped up tighter than a mummy, but, I miss the del Toro/Hogan attention and creativity that set their previous work just a little ahead of the pack of scary reads: the wonderful atmospheric back-stories that enveloped you, the characters' quirks and chinks that made us care (even occassionally provided a chuckle amidst the terror), I miss the magic and fun that allowed The Strain to dwell in the realm of horror with one clawed foot crossing that genre line. The talented team of writers turned out an intelligent and worthy conclusion, but when old Abraham Setrakian died, a little heart and soul died with him. Hopefully, this great and inventive pairing will write again. Oreskes gets an A for reading...but Ron Perlman, Hogan, del Toro...that was a trilogy I missed.

Excellent Trilogy

I don't usually read vampire books. But for some reason these books were so unique, and well written I kept coming back for more.

I have really enjoyed the series, and this last one, was well done.

Wow!! Just Wow!!!

These three books have just blown me away!! A must listen to for those who love vampire, zombie and monster books.

Enjoyed

I liked this series. Not the ending I would've imagined, but still a a satisfying one. Now I am going to binge watch the tv series.

Great audiobook series!

Jeremy Irons on the first book was amazing, The second narrator did a great job, third narrator did an excellent job. Very happy with the audiobooks and this series. thank you

Good but a little long.

Very good story but a little too long. But was really glad that I did get all three books. Very enjoyable.

great ending of trilogy

the third book was the best of all
creatively suspenseful
dark imagination
interesting use of facts
this is good fiction

An unfortunate end to a promising begining ...

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The last quarter of this book should be removed and have an entirely new ending put in its place. When I finished listening to this book, I actually said outloud. That ending was f*%ing stupid.

Was The Night Eternal worth the listening time?

Unfortunately, if you have worked your way through books one and two in this series, book three is required if you want to put and end to the story ... but it was really not at par with the first novel.

Not as good as the first two

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Only if you read the other two books. I lost interest after the 100th vampire battle in this book. Was good up until about half way...then drags on. So tired of hearing about the kids vamp mom, his issues with dad, and so on.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

The story was dull and slow compared to the first two books.

Which scene was your favorite?

I honestly can't remember.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

If part of the trilogy, then yes.

Any additional comments?

Books 1 and 2 much more engaging than this book.

Excellent performance and story.

I'm also watching the AMC series and enjoying it also. I can understand why the teleplay had to deviate from the book and look forward to see how THAT concludes For me, this was a thoroughly enjoyable "read."