Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world. She is. Anthony Carter doesn't think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row. He's wrong. FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming. It is. Deep in the jungles of eastern Colombia, Professor Jonas Lear has finally found what he's been searching for - and wishes to God he hadn't.
In Memphis, Tennessee, a six-year-old girl called Amy is left at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy and wonders why her mother has abandoned her. In a maximum security jail in Nevada, a convicted murderer called Giles Babcock has the same strange nightmare, over and over again, while he waits for a lethal injection. In a remote community in the California mountains, a young man called Peter waits for his beloved brother to return home, so he can kill him. Bound together in ways they cannot comprehend, for each of them a door is about to open into a future they could not have imagined. And a journey is about to begin. An epic journey that will take them through a world transformed by man's darkest dreams, to the very heart of what it means to be human. And beyond.
I never quite got into the idea that vampires would choose outcast high school girls as their soulmates or glitter like diamonds in the sunshine. I much prefer the idea of a vampire virus devouring the world. Normally, I’m not one for apocalyptic books, but I decided to try this one out. I’m definitely not sorry that I did. This is an excellent book.
First, The characters seem well rounded. I can’t say I liked them all, but I’m sure that wasn’t the point. Not all of them are terribly charming. Some are straight out narrow-minded and annoying. I thought the society that Cronin creats, is interesting. There are questions about what would happen when people are trapped together in a hopeless situation. A mob mentality sort of thing, where everyday ordinary people do things that everyday ordinary people would never do. Second, I didn’t get bored at any point, even though it is quite long and a bit slow to really kick off. But more importantly, I didn’t finish it with the feeling that there was something-or-other missing, if you know what I mean. No loose ends, other than what you would expect from the first book in a triology.
That is actually the biggest downside to this book: it’s a part of a triology. The second book isn’t likely to be out there for a couple of years. I don’t have whatever gene it is that supplies a person with patience. I haven’t eaten a potatoe for almost ten years because they take too damn long to boil. So a two year wait to see how something turns out… the idea is nearly painful. Will definitely have to read it, though. The Passage is poised to be a true horror epic, so for once in my life I’m going to just wait patiently. I even set my ipod touch up to remind me to look for it in two years time.
Choochoo.
In Memphis, Tennessee, a six-year-old girl called Amy is left at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy and wonders why her mother has abandoned her. In a maximum security jail in Nevada, a convicted murderer called Giles Babcock has the same strange nightmare, over and over again, while he waits for a lethal injection. In a remote community in the California mountains, a young man called Peter waits for his beloved brother to return home, so he can kill him. Bound together in ways they cannot comprehend, for each of them a door is about to open into a future they could not have imagined. And a journey is about to begin. An epic journey that will take them through a world transformed by man's darkest dreams, to the very heart of what it means to be human. And beyond.
I never quite got into the idea that vampires would choose outcast high school girls as their soulmates or glitter like diamonds in the sunshine. I much prefer the idea of a vampire virus devouring the world. Normally, I’m not one for apocalyptic books, but I decided to try this one out. I’m definitely not sorry that I did. This is an excellent book.
First, The characters seem well rounded. I can’t say I liked them all, but I’m sure that wasn’t the point. Not all of them are terribly charming. Some are straight out narrow-minded and annoying. I thought the society that Cronin creats, is interesting. There are questions about what would happen when people are trapped together in a hopeless situation. A mob mentality sort of thing, where everyday ordinary people do things that everyday ordinary people would never do. Second, I didn’t get bored at any point, even though it is quite long and a bit slow to really kick off. But more importantly, I didn’t finish it with the feeling that there was something-or-other missing, if you know what I mean. No loose ends, other than what you would expect from the first book in a triology.
That is actually the biggest downside to this book: it’s a part of a triology. The second book isn’t likely to be out there for a couple of years. I don’t have whatever gene it is that supplies a person with patience. I haven’t eaten a potatoe for almost ten years because they take too damn long to boil. So a two year wait to see how something turns out… the idea is nearly painful. Will definitely have to read it, though. The Passage is poised to be a true horror epic, so for once in my life I’m going to just wait patiently. I even set my ipod touch up to remind me to look for it in two years time.
Choochoo.
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