The epic story of THE PASSAGE continues.
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.
...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 SUNDAY TIMES For fans of apocalyptic thrillers who aren't afraid of the dark GLAMOUR.COM [The Passage was] smart, well-crafted and entertaining ...The Twelve delivers much of the same vitality and vision. 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 The follow-up to the much-lauded The Passage deepens and darkens the apocalyptic events of the first book BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Cronin's sequel to his 2010 best-selling The Passage is not a straight continuation of that novel. Here, he introduces new characters and a new plotline while advancing the story about the spread of a human-made apocalypse. A foreword neatly recaps the first book's highlights, allowing listeners to jump right in. Scott Brick's deliberate narration is serviceable but suffers from a monotonic delivery and lack of emotional range. VERDICT Fans of The Passage and of horror will not be disappointed. ["Cronin's masterly prose and intricate plotting bring an entire world to life...[the] vast scope of his story begs favorable comparisons to epics such as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Stephen King's The Stand," read the review of the New York Times best selling Ballantine hc, LJ 9/1/12.-Ed.]-Julie Judkins, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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