When rookie FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke is forced to kill her partner in a violent confrontation, she is suspended from active duty and left questioning her judgment. She had to shoot, but something else haunts her - something she thought she saw fleeing her partner's body as he died...While awaiting reinstatement, a paperwork issue leads Odessa to long-retired agent Earl Solomon. He tells Odessa that there is only one person who can help her uncover the truth - John Silence, Esq. As Odessa and Silence work together, she becomes increasingly suspicious of her mysterious new partner. Who is John Silence, and how does he know so much about the recent outbreak of homicidal mania in New Jersey? According to Silence, a dark occult has unwittingly released a dangerous entity into the city. Feeding off violence and gaining pleasure through death, the Hollow One must be captured before it kills again and again...

Author Biography

Guillermo Del Toro has enjoyed huge critical and commercial success as a film director in both his native Mexico and Hollywood. His works include Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II and Hellboy. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children. Chuck Hogan was a video store clerk in Boston when his first thriller, 'The Standoff', was published to critical acclaim and went on to become a US bestseller, translated into fourteen international editions. The film rights to his third novel, 'Prince of Thieves' is in development with Warner Brothers, with Ben Afflect signed up to direct and star.