A plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport and freezes on the runway, showing no signs of life. The signal lights are off and the entrance hatch is blocked. Any attempts to contact the crew and passengers fail. Finally they manage to get into the plane, and it turns out that all the people on board are dead, dead for no apparent reason. However, these reasons are well known to the old antique dealer from Manhattan, who suspects that an ancient threat has returned to our world, ready to plunge humanity into darkness. This terrifying infection is spreading quickly, greedy, merciless, deadly. In a week it will destroy Manhattan, in a month - the whole country, in two months - the whole world... Guillermo del Toro, a talented film director, Oscar winner, and Chuck Hogan, winner of the Dashiell Hammett Award, have joined forces for a daring update of the vampire theme. "The Beginning" is the first book in a trilogy, which begins a grand battle for survival between humans and vampires. The American television series based on The Strain trilogy premiered in July 2014.