* NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *Ī compulsive read. Like it's predecessor, it is a strange new creature for the 21st century: The literary superthriller, driven at once by character and plot. Now they are the future and humanitys worst nightmare has begun. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Whiting Writers' Award. The Twelve delivers much of the same vitality and vision. Justin Cronin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O'Neil (which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize), and The Summer Guest.

as exhilarating as The Passage, with people variously trapped in hideous bleak labour camps, engaging in cage fights with virals (Cronin's name for vampires) or chained up for decades. The follow-up to the much-lauded The Passage deepens and darkens the apocalyptic events of the first book * BELFAST TELEGRAPH * Like it's predecessor, it is a strange new creature for the 21st century: The literary superthriller, driven at once by character and plot * INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE * Justin Cronin, a distinguished faculty fellow at Rice University, is a New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O’Neil, and The Summer Guest. While the unending stream of death is horrific in its own way.

The Twelve delivers much of the same vitality and vision. The Passage has a strong science fiction influence rather than being a straight up horror story. * SUNDAY TIMES *įor fans of apocalyptic thrillers who aren't afraid of the dark * GLAMOUR.COM * Twisty, thrilling, and beautifully written. It’s a hefty book that moves with an astounding quicknessyet another excellent offering from an author with a boundless imagination and talent to spare. As exhilarating as The Passage, with people variously trapped in hideous bleak labour camps, engaging in cage fights with virals (Cronin's name for vampires) or chained up for decades. Justin Jones, who manned the three-technique spot last season, finished with three sacks, tied for the most by any Bears defensive lineman. Cronin’s prose is solid, and he handles the dialogue, sometimes leavened with humor, expertly.

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