I see many reviews that compare this to Stephen King's The Stand and rightly so. They share a theme of survivors from a world-wide disaster struggle to survive and battle an evil that has arisen from the ashes. Despite the similarities, Swan Song stands on it's own as an enjoyable novel and I can't say that one is better than the other. McCammon spins a tale that sucks you in from page one and makes this 950 page epic a page turner. There was a twist that I did figure out towards the end, but was truly unexpected early on. Pay attention in those first couple chapters.
McCammon fans will already know that this is one not to miss and for those of you new to him as was I, be forewarned, this will cause you to go out and get the rest of his book.
Only true flaw I found that was a bit annoying at time was the way his point of view would switch almost in mid-paragraph at times. There were times I read half a page before I realized that we're looking at something from a new character. Other than that, great book and I highly recommend.
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