{"product_id":"the-passage-a-novel-book-one-of-the-passage-trilogy","title":"The Passage by Justin Cronin","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Passage: A Novel by Justin Cronin\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook-1 of The Passage Trilogy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAccolades:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Bestseller \u0026amp; Named One of Paste’s Best Horror Books of the Decade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis thrilling novel kicks off what \u003cstrong\u003eStephen King calls\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e“a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a FOX TV Series!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eNamed One Of The Ten Best Novels of The Year by Time and One of the Best Books of The Year by:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eNPR\/On Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eBookPage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e“It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eAn epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy—abandoned 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 escape—but he can’t stop society’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003ePraise for The Passage:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“[A] blockbuster.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Mythic storytelling.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King’s apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—The Dallas Morning News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Addictive.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Men’s Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Parade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eMore from Justin Cronin:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eLook for the entire Passage trilogy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Passage\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cem\u003eThe Twelve\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cem\u003eThe City of Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eBibliography:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eA Short History of the Long Ball (1990)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eMary and O'Neil (2001) – Winner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award and The Stephen Crane Prize from Book of the Month Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe Summer Guest (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe Passage (2010) (Book 1 of The Passage Trilogy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe Twelve (2012)[8] (Book 2 of The Passage Trilogy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe City of Mirrors (2016)[9] (Book 3 of The Passage Trilogy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003eThe Ferryman (2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author: Justin Cronin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJustin Cronin is a New York Times bestselling author known for his post-apocalyptic horror series, \u003cem\u003eThe Passage\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eMary and O'Neil\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the \u003cstrong\u003ePEN\/Hemingway Award\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Crane Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cronin divides his time between Houston, Texas, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and is a distinguished faculty fellow at Rice University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA more detailed look at his background and career:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEducation and Early Career:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 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