Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
The Passage – Book 1 of The Passage series by Justin Cronin
page 346: He couldn’t have said how old she was. Thirteen? Sixteen? Her hair was long and dark, and thick with mats; she was wearing a pair of threadbare gaps cut off at the ankles and a T-shirt stiff with dirt, all of it too large on her boyish frame.
BLURB: Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she’s the most important person in the whole world. She is.
Anthony Carter doesn’t think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row. He’s wrong.
FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming. It is.
Unaware of each other’s existence but bound together in ways none of them could have imagined, they are about to embark on a journey. An epic journey that will take them through a world transformed by man’s darkest dreams, to the very heart of what it means to be human. And beyond.
Because something is coming. A tidal wave of darkness ready to engulf the world. And Amy is the only person who can stop it.
I picked this one up at Fantasycon a couple of years ago and it’s been stacked in my TBR pile ever since. And if I hadn’t requested City of Mirrors from NetGalley, it would probably still be there, but I thought it might be a refreshing change to read a series in the right order… If your taste runs to apocalyptic science fiction, then this is the daddy, coming in at 766 pages and – as you might imagine – not brimful of fun. But the writing is spare, pacey and lyrically beautiful. It’s a book that’s going to stay with me for a long time.
Brainfluff 
Sounds great and I really like the look of the cover (which is of course the most important thing 🙂 )
It’s stunningly good… I recall the fuss about it and now know that it is justified. Though I would add – the first third is all about how civilisation crashes, which is never my favourite topic. But it gets a lot more intriguing after that. Think of a vampire apocalypse with a mystical twist. I’ve never come across anything quite like it.
Vampire apocalypse. I’m sold
Wow, I’ve been curious about this one…now, even more so. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
If you like apocalyptic adventure, then I highly recommend it.
Sounds scary… maybe too scary for me!
My Tuesday post features LA VIE EN ROSE
Yes… it was getting to a stage where I nearly gave up, but then it changed from apocalyptic to post-apocalyptic, which I can handle better.
I read this when it first came out and remember very little of it to be honest. I do remember enjoying it though so definitely kept reading.
I generally steer clear of apocalyptic doom, so perhaps that is why this one is having such an impact. But I do think his ability to write a character’s feelings and motivations in about a page without me rolling my eyes and sighing heavily is an indication of the quality of the writing…
I have a copy of this one too–which, like you, I’ve had for awhile. I really should give it a try, especially now that the third book is out. I’m out of excuses. Except maybe for the size. . . I hope you enjoy it!
Be warned, it’s a hefty read in all senses of the word – but beautifully written and certainly memorable.
I hadn’t heard of this book. So glad you shared it!
My TT from Chasing Fireflies