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Dive into a heart-pounding thriller where a rookie FBI agent, Odessa Hardwicke, faces an inexplicable crime that shatters her world. When forced to defend herself against her own partner, a decorated agent turned violent, Odessa is left reeling. Placed on desk leave, she grapples with haunting visions of a shadowy figure escaping her partner's body at death.
Questioning her sanity and future in the FBI, Odessa takes on a routine assignment in New York City, unraveling the belongings of a retired agent. Little does she know, this task will thrust her into a sinister mystery involving Hugo Blackwood, a man claiming centuries of existence. Is he a deranged lunatic or humanity's final defense against unspeakable evil?
From the creators of The Strain Trilogy, Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Chuck Hogan, comes a chilling and original tale of suspense and literary horror. "The Hollow Ones" is a spellbinding narrative that will enthrall lovers of supernatural thrillers and suspenseful crime fiction alike.
About the author
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 the 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.
Summary
Dive into a heart-pounding thriller where a rookie FBI agent, Odessa Hardwicke, faces an inexplicable crime that shatters her world.
When forced to defend herself against her own partner, a decorated agent turned violent, Odessa is left reeling. Placed on desk leave, she grapples with haunting visions of a shadowy figure escaping her partner's body at death.
Questioning her sanity and future in the FBI, Odessa takes on a routine assignment in New York City, unraveling the belongings of a retired agent. Little does she know, this task will thrust her into a sinister mystery involving Hugo Blackwood, a man claiming centuries of existence. Is he a deranged lunatic or humanity's final defense against unspeakable evil?
From the creators of The Strain Trilogy, Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Chuck Hogan, comes a chilling and original tale of suspense and literary horror. "The Hollow Ones" is a spellbinding narrative that will enthrall lovers of supernatural thrillers and suspenseful crime fiction alike.
