I stumbled across The Passage on the new release shelves of the public library. Normally I am not drawn to science fiction or mystery, but I was drawn to this book. I picked it up a couple of times before deciding to take it. The story deals with a post-apocolyptic America after a virus seemingly wipes out humanity. The basic premise is similiar to that of "I am Legend", but it views the "vampire virus infecting all of mankind until there is only one left" and examines it from a different angle. The book uses several different literary devices to tell it story allowing us to become invested in the lives of the different people living these experiences. My favorite line from the cover flap says, "an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger". The human endurance part of the book was the most compelling. The largest section of the book tells about a colony of people who have managed to live through this epidemic and how they fight to find an answer once they realize that the walls keeping them safe are starting to crumble. The Passage is book one of a proposed trilogy. The next book is slated to be released in 2012 and the third in 2014. I will definitely be picking up the sequels as well.
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