The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro ( ) and Chuck Hogan—whose novel , was praised as, “one of the 10 best books of the year” by Stephen King— begins where and left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter.  Still, a small band of the living fights on in the shadows, in the final book of the ingenious dark fantasy trilogy that says is, “good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories.”