Justin Cronin

The unmissable story of "The Passage" continues in this hotly-anticipated new novel which sees 12 Death-row prisoners, with nightmare pasts and no future, selected for a secret experiment to create something more human. And now, these 12 non-humans have become humanity's worst nightmare as they prepare to wreak more havoc on the world in their new and deadly form.

Una epidemia irrefrenable, desatada por un desastroso experimento militar, inunda el planeta. Los infectados por el virus ya no son seres humanos, sino eficaces e invulnerables máquinas de matar. Sólo una niña, una huerfana llamada Amy, parece compartir con los infectados muchos de sus poderes, pero no su sed de sangre. Cuando el mundo tal y como lo conocemos llega a su fin, es Amy launica que cruzara el pasaje entre un planeta moribundo y un planeta nuevo, donde tribus dispersas de humanos sobreviven como pueden en un mundo hostil que ya no les pertenece. Escrita por un autor multipremiado, El pasaje es la primera parte de una fantastica trilogia que se ha convertido, incluso desde antes de su aparicion, en la novela mas comentada de losultimos tiempos, al mismo tiempo una formidable aventura llena de accion y suspense y unaepica de la resistencia humana frente a a la peor de las catastrofes.

n life I was a scientist called Fanning. Then, in a jungle in Bolivia, I died. I died, and then I was brought back to life...Prompted by a voice that lives in her blood, the fearsome warrior known as Alicia of Blades is drawn towards to one of the great cities of The Time Before. The ruined city of New York. Ruined but not empty. For this is the final refuge of Zero, the first and last of The Twelve. The one who must be destroyed if mankind is to have a future. What she finds is not what she's expecting. A journey into the past. To find out how it all began. And an opponent at once deadlier and more human than she could ever have imagined.

A thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.Stephen King You followed The Passage. You faced The Twelve. Now enter The City of Mirrors for the final reckoning. As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, Justin Cronins band of hardened survivors await the second coming of unspeakable darkness. The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anewand daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amyhumanitys only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate. Advance praise for The City of Mirrors Justin Cronins Passage trilogy is remarkable for the unremitting drive of its narrative, for the breathtaking sweep of its imagined future, and for the clear lucidity of its language.Stephen King Superb . . . This conclusion to bestseller Cronins apocalyptic thriller trilogy ends with all of the heartbreak, joy, and unexpected twists of fate that events in The Passage and The Twelve foreordained.

Die Zwolf bedrohen die Welt - und nur Amy kann sie besiegenZu Anfang waren es zwolf Kriminelle, die auf die Todesstrafe warteten. Doch dann wurden sie auserwahlt fur ein geheimes Experiment. Es sollte den Fortschritt bringen, aus ihnen sollten mehr als nur Menschen werden. Doch es schlug fehl. Jetzt sind es diese Zwolf, die das Leben auf der Erde bedrohen und das Ende der Menschheit bedeuten konnten. Und die letzte Hoffnung ruht auf einem Madchen. Amy ist die Einzige, die sich der Macht der Zwolf entgegenstellen kann. Aber der Gegner ist stark, und ihre Kraft scheint mehr und mehr zu schwinden

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fearof darkness, of death, of a fate far worse. As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what hes done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. He is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors. But for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odysseyspanning miles and decadestowards the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun. With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterful prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.

Una epidemia irrefrenable, desatada por un desastroso experimento militar, inunda el planeta. Los infectados por el virus ya no son seres humanos, sino eficaces e invulnerables máquinas de matar. Sólo una niña, una huerfana llamada Amy, parece compartir con los infectados muchos de sus poderes, pero no su sed de sangre. Cuando el mundo tal y como lo conocemos llega a su fin, es Amy la unica que cruzara el pasaje entre un planeta moribundo y un planeta nuevo, donde tribus dispersas de humanos sobreviven como pueden en un mundo hostil que ya no les pertenece. Escrita por un autor multipremiado, El pasaje es la primera parte de una fantastica trilogia que se ha convertido, incluso desde antes de su aparicion, en la novela mas comentada de los ultimos tiempos, al mismo tiempo una formidable aventura llena de accion y suspense y una epica de la resistencia humana frente a a la peor de las catastrofes.

Prompted by a voice that lives in her blood, the fearsome warrior known as Alicia of Blades is drawn towards to one of the great cities of The Time Before. The ruined city of New York. Ruined but not empty. For this is the final refuge of Zero, the first and last of The Twelve. The one who must be destroyed if mankind is to have a future.What she finds is not what she''s expecting.A journey into the past.To find out how it all began.And an opponent at once deadlier and more human than she could ever have imagined.

El mundo ha sido arrasado por hordas de vampiros mutantes y dirigidos por los doce, los primeros infectados. La humanidad subsiste en enclaves aislados en un planeta que se ha convertido en territorio hostil. Unos pocos personajes intentan, como pueden, sobrevivir en el caos.Mientras tanto, Amy y sus compañeros siguen combatiendo para salvar lo que queda de la humanidad, sin saber que el enemigo ha evolucionado y que ahora tienen complices entre los hombres, decididos a crear un nuevo orden mucho mas siniestro que la extincion total. Ahora, la unica esperanza es acabar con los doce virales primigenios, los que se infectaron en primer lugar, aunque para eso haya que pagar el precio definitivo.Secuela de la exitosa El pasaje, clamorosamente elogiada por Stephen King, Los doce es un escalofriante thriller y, al mismo tiempo, una fascinante historia de sacrificio y supervivencia.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.STEPHEN KING From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopiawhere the truth isn't what it seems.Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prosperas lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh.

The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Surrounded by sun, and sea, and stars, their world is perfect. But every paradise comes at a price.When the truth behind theirs is revealed, it will end a way of life, and start a revolution that will change the course of humanity itself.And it will all begin with one person hearing these simple words:"The world is not the world..."