Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong.

The end of the world was only the beginning.

“Cronin is one of those rare authors who works on two different levels, blending elegantly crafted literary fiction with cliff-hanging thrills. “Cronin is one of those rare authors who works on two different levels, blending elegantly crafted literary fiction with cliff-hanging thrills.” - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Enthralling, emotional and entertaining.” -The San Diego Union-Tribune Cronin eerie new elements to his masterful mythology. “A compulsive read.” -San Francisco Chronicle “ The Twelve is even better than The Passage.” - The Plain Dealer a complex narrative of flight and forgiveness, of great suffering and staggering loss, of terrible betrayals and incredible hope.” -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“ literary superthriller.” - The New York Times Book Review THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price.Ī heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival.

The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned-and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos.

The Twelve by Justin Cronin