
In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong.
With The Twelve, the story continues.
In the present day: As a man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers
navigate the chaos, desperate to find others, to survive, to witness the
dawn on the other side of disaster. Lila, a doctor and an expectant
mother, has been so broken by the spread of violence and infection that
she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves
around her.
Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has
been forced by loss of electrical power 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. April is a teenager
fighting to guide her little brother safely through a minefield of death
and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully
abandoned — and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of
nights.
A hundred years in the future: Amy, Peter, Alicia, and the others introduced in The Passage work with a cast of new characters to hunt the original twelve virals... unaware that the rules of the game have changed, and that one of
them will have to sacrifice everything to bring the Twelve down.
The scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic tale of sacrifice and survival begun in The Passage surges forward in its breathtaking sequel — The Twelve.
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Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. Born and raised in New England, Justin Cronin is a multi-award winning writer. He is professor of English at Rice University, and lives with his family in Houston, Texas.
Photo: Justin Cronin at the 2012 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, United States. Photo author: Larry D. Moore. Photo source: Wikipedia Commons.
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