The Passage (Passage, Bk 1)
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Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
Book Type: Hardcover
It took me a couple of weeks to read this mammoth apocalyptic novel. I've had this on my shelf since 2011 and thought I better get to it since I heard the third book of this trilogy, The City of Mirrors, will be published in May. I also have the second book, The Twelve, on my shelf but will probably hold off on it for a while to let The Passage settle in. Well, The Passage is one of those long novels in the Stephen King vein (i.e. The Stand) about a government inflicted apocalypse which appears to put an end to life on earth as we know it. In this case, the government is trying to produce a strain of vampire-like creatures that can be used as a weapon for war. Well of course this is a very bad idea! The first part of the novel details the events leading up to this catastrophe and then the novel jumps ahead 92 years to a group of survivors in California.
I really enjoyed the first part of the novel. The characters introduced were all well thought out and as I read, I really cared about what happened to them and where the novel was heading. This included Amy, a little girl who is wanted by the government in their experiments; FBI agent Wolgast, who is used to recruit death-row inmates for conversion; and Sister Lacey, who takes in Amy at her convent.
Then, after the inevitable release of the vampiric creatures, the novel jumps ahead to a group who have survived almost a hundred years in a fortified colony in the hills of California. This part of the novel reminded me a lot of the TV series, The Walking Dead, with the almost total destruction of humankind and a small group trying to survive. The novel goes on for several hundred pages with the group trying to find answers and a way to overcome their situation.
As mentioned, this is the first in a trilogy and I do want to read the remaining novels to see how this eventually turns out. Overall, I would recommend this but a lot of it seemed really familiar.
I really enjoyed the first part of the novel. The characters introduced were all well thought out and as I read, I really cared about what happened to them and where the novel was heading. This included Amy, a little girl who is wanted by the government in their experiments; FBI agent Wolgast, who is used to recruit death-row inmates for conversion; and Sister Lacey, who takes in Amy at her convent.
Then, after the inevitable release of the vampiric creatures, the novel jumps ahead to a group who have survived almost a hundred years in a fortified colony in the hills of California. This part of the novel reminded me a lot of the TV series, The Walking Dead, with the almost total destruction of humankind and a small group trying to survive. The novel goes on for several hundred pages with the group trying to find answers and a way to overcome their situation.
As mentioned, this is the first in a trilogy and I do want to read the remaining novels to see how this eventually turns out. Overall, I would recommend this but a lot of it seemed really familiar.
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