It's taut and tight and, from the amorality of the military experiments to the passing references to America's polluted, lawless state, everything in the opening section drips with dread. The first section details the virus's discovery and subsequent tests conducted on death-row inmates. The downside is that it also gives them fangs, claws, glowstick orange skin, a taste for human flesh and raging photophobia. The story starts in the near future with government experiments on a virus that gives those infected with it superhuman strength and eternal life. The public's turn has finally come and The Passage is being touted as this year's blockbuster beach read. Cronin became a rich man long before the public got their hands on his work (the book and film deals netted over $5m). When the first chapters of Justin Cronin's vampire fantasy started circulating in US publishing houses back in 2007, they sparked a fierce bidding war. T his is one of those books that arrives on the shelves with a backstory.
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