Holy crap this is a good book. It's got action, adventure, romance, vampires, creepy little girls with telepathic powers, Jenna Bush as governor, and even a dog eating vomit. If you read one book this summer, it should be The Passage. If you go through the Summer of 2010 without at least starting The Passage, well then you've wasted your entire summer. Awesome, awesome book. I can't wait to see how Ridley Scott fudges up the movie version.