Here’s why Justin Cronin’s vampire apocalypse trilogy should be next on your Must-Read List…
Thanks to a certain YA phenomenon, the word vampire can barely be taken seriously anymore.
In a postTwilightworld, its hard to imagine that vampires can ever be scary again.
Or at least it would be were it not for the existence of Justin CroninsPassageTrilogy.
At its heart the trilogy is a post-apocalyptic epic, but even this very broad description feels reductive.
It sounds like a pretty straightforward save the world narrative, and in some ways it is.
But Cronin keeps things surprising throughout; the series regularly jumps both back and forwards in time.
It is satisfying, powerful, brilliant stuff.
The scope of the trilogy is staggering at times.
Even the worst villain of the series is haunted by his past and the legacy he will leave behind.
Perhaps inevitably in a series as vast and all-encompassing as this, thePassageTrilogy is not perfect.
But its the presence of Amy at the heart of the series that holds the whole thing together.
This article first appeared onDen of Geek UK.
