The Passage (The Passage, #1)

by Justin Cronin

Courage is easy, when the alternative is getting killed. It’s hope that’s hard.

In the world of "The Passage," and for members of the Watch especially, courage is simply a requirement of life. It’s a world in which you’re either brave or dead. (And often both.) What sets Peter apart and makes him a natural leader (even though he’d swear he isn’t), is his intrinsic belief that the struggle to survive in this world can amount to something.