There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life. And then, of course, the end of the world happened.
The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy) (ed. Ballantine Books, 2012) - ISBN: 9780345534897