★★★★☆ 

Justin Cronin’s The Passage is an epic, thrilling saga that combines elements of post-apocalyptic horror, dystopian fiction, and a deep, emotional narrative. The story begins with a government experiment gone horribly wrong—an attempt to create a race of superhuman soldiers using a virus that transforms people into vampiric, monstrous creatures. The experiment’s failure leads to a global pandemic, wiping out most of humanity and leaving survivors to fight against these vicious “virals.”

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