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The Passage

By

Justin Cronin

Are you in the mood for an enjoyably escapist door stopper of a novel to while away the winter evenings? If the answer is yes and you think you might also enjoy the double whammy of a post apocalyptic quest saga that features vampires "The Passage" by Justin Cronin is for you. The book is divided into two different time lines, in the present a military experiment to produce a super soldier killing machine spirals out of control,while a hundred years in the future a band of survivors in a desolated America live out their lives under constant siege.

This is a long book that takes a while to get into but it's worth sticking with. It's not overly scientific or technical with the vampire details but they are agreeably different from the spate of moody demon lovers that have inundated bookshops and libraries recently. Paranormal romance this is not.

The pacing of the plot can be uneven at times but the overall energy of the storytelling kept me up till three in the morning in order to finish it.

Jessica McCarry