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A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

By Justin Cronin

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Dec 31, 2018 | ISBN 9780525618751

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May 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780345504975

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    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    About The Passage (TV Tie-in Edition)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls “a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”

    NOW A FOX TV SERIES!

    NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S 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 • NPR/On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal 

    “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.” 

    An 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.

    Look for the entire Passage trilogy:
    THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS

    Praise for The Passage

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

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    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. Other honors for his writing… More about Justin Cronin

    About Justin Cronin

    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. Other honors for his writing… More about Justin Cronin

    About Justin Cronin

    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. Other honors for his writing… More about Justin Cronin

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction | Epic Fantasy

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Dec 31, 2018 | 800 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780525618751

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction | Epic Fantasy

    Paperback | $18.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    May 17, 2011 | 800 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780345504975

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction | Epic Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Dec 31, 2018 | 880 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780525618744

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Science Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jun 08, 2010 | 784 Pages | ISBN 9780345516862

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction | Epic Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $44.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 08, 2010 | 2210 Minutes | ISBN 9781415961766

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction | Epic Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 08, 2010 | 893 Minutes | ISBN 9780739366516

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    Praise

    “[A] blockbuster.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Mythic storytelling.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “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.”—Time

    “The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.”—The Dallas Morning News

    “Addictive.”—Men’s Journal

    “Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”—Parade

    “Cronin has given us what could be the best book of the summer. Don’t wait to dive into The Passage.”—USA Today

    “Great storytelling . . . vital, tender, and compelling.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

    “Cronin gets it just right; the combination of attentive realism and doomsday stakes makes for a mesmerizing experience.”—Salon

    “Magnificently unnerving . . . A The Stand-meets-The Road journey.”—Entertainment Weekly

    “Imagine Michael Crichton crossbreeding Stephen King’s The Stand and Salem’s Lot in that lab on Jurassic Park, with rich infusions of Robert McCammon’s Swan Song, Battlestar Galactica and even Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.”—The Washington Post

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