Finally, the third and final book is here. You may start now. Get all three and brew a nice pot of coffee. It is about a girl who saved the world.
In not so distant future, an obssessive scientist discovered a virus that transformed man into a vampire. Unbeknown, they were telepathic and therefore broke away. They killed off nearly the world population, by either infecting them to become vampires or simply killing them. The survivors garrisoned themselves into pockets of fortresses. A century passed in this stalemate.
Amy, a little girl, was part of the original experiment but she did not transform. She eventually arrived one of those fortresses and began the epic battle to save humanity, as a little girl.
I waited for the second book, then so long for the third. This is not the Twilight kind of the vampires. They are nasty monsters that violently torn people apart while devouring them. This is also not your Dracula derivatives. I think Justin Cronin intended the biblical parallel, just much more violent than Noah’s flood.
I do appreciate Justin Cronin’s vigor. The third book tied up all the loose ends and re-told the origin of the epic catastrophe that I have long assumed won’t be explained. The satisfaction of closure — ah, that’s how they knew each others — was very nice. The wrap-up was nearly a short story with a new set of characters. I felt that was not really necessary.