The Strain Season 3 Posters And Synopsis Released

08/04/2016 07:55 pm EDT

Near the end of this month, The Strain returns to FX with all-new episodes. To get the word out, FX has released a trio of posters, featuring the Statue of Liberty with a stinger shooting out of its mouth, as well as an official synopsis for the upcoming season.

Season 3 synopsis of The Strain:

The transformation has begun.

It can no longer be denied — New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Its citizens must fight or die.

Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed. Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi's entire history…and possibly a way to kill them. Meanwhile, the Master is out for revenge, unleashing new and even more terrifying breeds of bloodthirsty creatures. They need to find a way to defeat him before the infection spreads too far and becomes irreparable…before they become monsters themselves.

The cast includes Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Natalie Brown, Miguel Gomez, Max Charles, Ruta Gedmintas, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samantha Mathis and Joaquín Cosío.

"The Strain" is produced by FX Productions and comes from showrunner/executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse along with co-creators/executive producers/writers Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Gary Ungar, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle and Regina Corrado serve as executive producers. It is based on del Toro and Hogan's "Strain" trilogy of books.

The third season of The Strain will premiere Sunday, Aug. 28 at 10PM on FX.

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