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The Hollow Ones

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A horrific crime that defies ordinary explanation. A rookie FBI agent in dangerous, uncharted territory. An extraordinary hero for the ages.

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. Devasted, 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 John Silence, 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.

© Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

PRAISE FOR THE HOLLOW ONES
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A swift, thoroughly imagined entertainment that looks back at the genre's past while hinting, in the final pages, of future installments to come. The possibilities are limitless.
Washington Post
Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan have yet another twisted masterpiece on their hands. An enduring new series combining horror, suspense, and fable.
Stephen Chbosky, NYT bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend
Inventive and macabre.
Kirkus
Horrifying . . . The authors keep the tension high throughout. Fans of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Pendergast books will be enthralled.
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
A transporting, page-turning thriller that rips open a brand new universe, filling it with suspense.
Brad Meltzer, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Escape Artist
Recommended reading for everyone with a taste for occult detective fiction featuring a great premise, interesting characters, and a tantalizing promise of more to follow
The New York Journal of Books
This compellingly paced novel allow readers to become wholly invested in the story's well-crafted sense of dread and in the odd-couple pairing of Hardwicke and Blackwood. A great choice.
Booklist
A quick read, with propulsive action and just enough explication to keep readers interested. . . del Toro and Hogan ground the story in just enough reality to keep you turning the pages.
Associated Press
The Hollow Ones is never dull, dropping readers right into the action and deftly switching between timelines . . . A lean and macabre page-turner.
USA Today

User Reviews

Book 3.0
Narration 4.0
Author Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Narrator Brittany Pressley
Duration 9 hours and 16 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473583801
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Fantasy, Science fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
3.0 (1 review)
Narration
4.0 (1 review)

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