the Eight
by Katherine Neville. This is one of the books that I ordered from amazon a few weeks ago. I had received the ARC of The Fire sometime before Christmas, but hadn't wanted to read it without having first read The Eight. It was excellent! Though some of the twists I had figured out long before the end, I was totally engrossed.
It is now 10:30, so I have been reading for five and a half hours. I started the Hunger Games while waiting, plus earlier today, I spent half an hour or so catching up on motherreader and others.