If you like "The Passage," then you will like the next book in the series, "The Twelve."

"The Twelve," which is the second book in the "Passage" trilogy, is published by Random House Publishing Group and will release on Oct. 16.

The 592-page book is described:

The end of the world was only the beginning.
 
In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with . . .
 
THE TWELVE
 
In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child's arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as "Last Stand in Denver," has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned-and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights.
 
One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind's salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man's extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.
 
A heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival.

Entertainment Weekly describes those are the twelve, which are essentially vampires, "These dracs are a different beast from the pasty-faced blood-draining lovebirds you're now picturing with some degree of fondness or disgust. They're vicious and animalistic, armed with limb-ripping teeth and claws and driven by an insatiable thirst. They were born of a military-cultivated virus, which the government injects into 12 (note that number) death-row inmates--turned--test subjects in the first book. Things predictably spiral out of control, and the virus - oops! - destroys modern civilization."

We know readers can't get enough of vampires. This could fulfill the sweet tooth.

"The Passage" has gotten rave reviews:

"Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King's apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy's The Road."-Time

"Read this book and the ordinary world disappears."-Stephen King

"[A] big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night."-The Dallas Morning News
 
"[A] blockbuster."-The New York Times Book Review
 
"Addictive."-Men's Journal

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