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The Passage by Justin Cronin

4.0

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The book tells the story of a scientific experiment to inject humans with a virus that turns their thymus gland back on and allows them to live for a very long time. But, during the experimentation phase, the virus turns humans into mutant vampires. Of course, the mutant vampires escape and wreak havoc on the United States. And, the key to saving the world is in Amy, a little girl who was the last "test" subject before the escape. A group of people from a Colony established after the collapse of humanity finds her and returns her to Colorado to learn the truth of what happened and to try to end the "smokes" or "dracs" as they're called. This book is post-apocalyptic science fiction which is a genre I have never read. And, while I don't think it's a genre I will be returning to anytime soon. I really liked this book. The characters were so interesting and rooting for them was easy. I can understand why this book is on the best books to date in 2010.