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The Twelve

‘Will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction’ Stephen King

Justin Cronin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:25th Apr '13

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The Twelve cover

The epic story of THE PASSAGE continues.

Sequel to SUNDAY TIMES apocalypse bestseller THE PASSAGE: chosen by Time Magazine as one of the best books to read during self-isolation in the Coronavirus outbreak

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller The Passage, now an epic drama on Fox from writer Elizabeth Heldens and executive producer Ridley Scott.

'A literary superthriller' NEW YORK TIMES

THE TWELVE

Death-row prisoners with nightmare pasts and no future.

THE TWELVE

Until they were selected for a secret experiment.

THE TWELVE

To create something more than human.

THE TWELVE

Now they are the future and humanity's worst nightmare has begun.

THE TWELVE

The epic sequel to

THE PASSAGE

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. * 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 *
[A] literary superthriller. * NEW YORK TIMES *
A compulsive read. * SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *
...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. * 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 *
[A] literary superthriller. * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
A compulsive read. * SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *

ISBN: 9780752883335

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 34mm

Weight: 514g

752 pages