Y’all know I’m a fan of the dystopia right? Like seriously….one of my absolute favorite genre/sub-genres ever. So when a bunch of us were chatting on Twitter a couple of days ago about this one you know I’m going to point it out to everyone. It’s a long ways off but frankly it’s so piquing my interest I’ve gotta post about it now.

thepassageThe book in question? The Passage by Justin Cronin published by Ballantine Books. It’s due out in June of 2010 and there isn’t even a blurb about the book to provide you yet.  All I know about it is what I’ve heard in conversation, which is that there is government experiementation gone awry whereby humans are turned into vampire. I know it all sounds very I Am Legend and all but since I loved that I can only imagine I’ll love this too.

Oh and what is out there about the book?  An endorsement by Stephen King:

“Every so often a novel-reader’s novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to simple, supple prose, both informed by tremendous imagination. Summer is the perfect time for such books, and this year readers can enjoy the gift of Justin Cronin’s The Passage. Read fifteen pages and you will find yourself captivated; read thirty and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night. It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: read this book and the ordinary world disappears.”

‘Nuff said.