Peeps: A novel by Scott Westerfeld

Cal is what they call a Peep. This means he has gotten a STD, a parasite really, which basically makes them into vampires. They are bloodthirsty superhumans who go insane and become the opposite of what they were. They scream at the sight of their reflections, their friends, family, everything they loved and were attached to, really. But Cal is different than most peeps. He is benign, because he doesn't go insane. he gets all the perks, without the downsides. And he's working for the government, trying to stop the infection from spreading. His first projects: his old girlfriends. Because they all got the disease too. From him. Before he knew he had it. But his latest project, the girl who he got it from, is a lot more difficult. And it's unearthing a secret that is bigger than the disease. It's the end of the world. And it's up to the Peeps to stop it.

I give this a 4 star rating. It's followed by The Last Days.