I just finished Justin Cronin's The Passage and brand-new novel, The Twelve. They were both good, even though many times I got angry at the writer's lack of detail towards the Twelve giant vampires that destroyed the world. I applaud him on his epic-feel and numerous characters that were mostly interesting. That's a helluva lot of characters to keep up with!
I didn't think the action parts were bad, but after reading such greatly written action books that are dedicated to this website, they were adequate. Has anybody else read these books?