The Passage

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780345504975 Author(s): Justin Cronin Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2011 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Pages: 800 Series: Passage Trilogy Series Number: 1

Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls âa trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.âNOW A FOX TV SERIES!NAMED ONE OF PASTEâS BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE ⢠NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post ⢠Esquire ⢠U.S. News & World Report â¢Â NPR/On Point ⢠St. Louis Post-Dispatch ⢠BookPage ⢠Library Journal  âIt happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.â  An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amyâabandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escapeâbut he canât stop societyâs collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world. Look for the entire Passage trilogy: THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The Passage â[A] blockbuster.ââThe New York Times Book Review âMythic storytelling.ââSan Francisco Chronicle âMagnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen Kingâs apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthyâs The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new