**A horrific crime that defies explanation, a rookie FBI agent in
uncharted territory, and an extraordinary hero for the ages: an
investigation spirals out of control in this heart-pounding thriller.
**Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun
on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who turns suddenly,
inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The
shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her
core. Devastated, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full
investigation. But what most troubles Odessa isn't the tragedy itself --
it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased
agent's body after his death.
Questioning her future with the FBI and her sanity, Hardwicke accepts a
low-level assignment to clear out the belongings of a retired agent in
the New York office. What she finds there will put her on the trail of a
mysterious figure named Hugo Blackwood, a man of enormous means who
claims to have been alive for centuries, and who is either an unhinged
lunatic, or humanity's best and only defense against unspeakable evil.
From the authors who brought you The Strain Trilogy comes a strange,
terrifying, and darkly wondrous world of suspense, mystery, and literary
horror. The Hollow Ones is a chilling, spell-binding tale, a
hauntingly original new fable from Academy Award-winning director
Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Chuck Hogan featuring their
most fascinating character yet.
