Justin Cronin

A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop.

A Novel

The Passage

a novel

The twelve

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as "Arrivalists"--who may be fomenting revolution. Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.

The Ferryman

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as "Arrivalists"--who may be fomenting revolution. Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.”—STEPHEN KING From the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia—where the truth isn’t what it seems. A POLYGON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean, in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity—or whatever remains of it. Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives. They are attended to by support staff who live on a cramped neighboring island, where whispers of revolt are brewing—but for the Prosperans, life is perfection. And when the end of life approaches, they’re sent to a mysterious third island, where their bodies are refreshed, their memories are wiped away, and they return to start life anew. Proctor Bennett is a ferryman, whose job it is to enforce the retirement process when necessary. He never questions his work, until the day he receives a cryptic message: “The world is not the world.” These simple words unlock something he has secretly suspected. They seep into strange dreams of the stars and the sea. They give him the unshakable feeling that someone is trying to tell him something important. Something no one could possibly imagine, something that could change the fate of humanity itself.

Années 2010. Dans le Tennessee, Amy, une enfant abandonnée de six ans est recueillie dans un couvent...Dans la jungle bolivienne, l'armée américaine recherche les membres d'une expédition atteints d'un mystérieux virus...Au Texas, deux agents du FBI persuadent un condamné à mort de contribuer à une expérience scientifique gouvernementale. Lui et les autres condamnés à la peine capitale participant au projet mutent et développent une force physique extraordinaire. Les deux agents du FBI sont alors chargés d'enlever une enfant, Amy. Peu après que le virus a été inoculé à cette dernière, les mutants attaquent le centre de recherches. Près d'un siècle plus tard. Une communauté a survécu à l'apocalypse causée par l'attaque des viruls, ainsi qu'ont été baptisés les mutants. Une adolescente la rejoint bientôt. Une puce électronique implantée sous sa peau révèle qu'il s'agit d'Amy, âgée désormais de plus de cent ans mais qui en paraît à peine quatorze...L'aventure ne fait que commencer.

Le passage

Nearing the end of his life, financier Harry Wainwright journeys to a rustic fishing camp in Maine and leaves a profound legacy for a haunted young man, a Vietnam draft evader, a woman Harry loved for three decades, and a spirited young woman who holds a key to the past. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

The Summer Guest

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'A Passagem' é um suspense sobre a luta humana diante de uma catástrofe sem precedentes. Da destruição da sociedade que conhecemos aos esforços de reconstruí-la na nova ordem que se instaura, do confronto entre o bem e o mal ao questionamento interno de cada personagem, pessoas comuns são levadas a feitos extraordinários, enfrentando seus maiores medos em um mundo que recende a morte.

A passagem

DA LISTA DE MAIS VENDIDOS DO THE NEW YORK TIMES. Em A passagem, doze prisioneiros sentenciados à morte foram usados em um experimento militar que buscava criar o soldado invencível. Mas a experiência deu terrivelmente errado. Um vírus inoculado nas cobaias acabou com qualquer resquício de sua humanidade e elas fugiram, matando ou infectando qualquer um que cruzasse seu caminho. Os infectados se tornavam virais obedientes a seu criador, mais um de seus Muitos. No caos que se formou, a única chance de sobrevivência para a espécie humana eram fortificações altamente protegidas. Assim se formou a Primeira Colônia, um reduto a salvo dos virais, mas isolado do resto do mundo. Noventa e dois anos depois, uma andarilha surgiu às portas da Colônia. Era Amy Harper Bellafonte, a Garota de Lugar Nenhum, aquela que iria liderar um grupo de colonos e eliminar a cobaia número 1, Gilles Babcock, libertando seus Muitos. Agora, cinco anos após ter cruzado as Terras Escuras em busca de respostas e salvação, seu grupo está separado. Cada um seguiu seu caminho, mas seus destinos logo voltarão a se cruzar, num embate definitivo contra uma ameaça mortal. Fanning, o Zero, aquele que deu origem ao apocalipse, tem planos para refazer o grupo dos Doze e conta com um aliado poderoso, disposto a qualquer coisa em nome da própria imortalidade. Segundo livro da trilogia A passagem, Os Doze nos faz questionar a mente humana, os avanços científicos e a busca do poder que leva a uma certeza sombria de nossa capacidade para o mal. Mas, acima de tudo, ele reforça nossa esperança em uma humanidade que se adapta, sobrevive e não se rende.

Os doze

"O emocionante final de uma trilogia que será reconhecida como um dos grandes feitos da ficção fantástica americana." – Stephen King "Nesta conclusão de sua trilogia épica, Justin Cronin apresenta toda a dor, a alegria e as reviravoltas do destino que os eventos de A passagem e Os Doze prenunciaram. Como nos livros anteriores, traz um grande elenco de personagens, todos eles com personalidades plenamente desenvolvidas e que cativam o leitor." – Publishers Weekly Ano 100 D.V.: após a destruição dos Doze e de seus Muitos, nenhum viral foi visto nos últimos três anos. As fortalezas que protegiam os últimos humanos dos infectados começam a parecer desnecessárias. Na República do Texas, as vigílias constantes já não encontram inimigos e o controle de natalidade se mostra um contrassenso quando há todo um continente vazio à espera de ser repovoado. Com novas demandas do povo surgindo a cada dia, o presidente Peter Jaxon decide levar adiante a ideia de abrir os portões da cidade fortificada e dar início à reconstrução do que um dia foi um país de milhões de habitantes. Mas a atmosfera de calmaria é apenas parte de um plano maligno. Fanning, o Zero, aquele que deu início ao caos, esteve pacientemente aguardando em sua eternidade pelo momento em que as vítimas finais baixariam a guarda. Seu exército está pronto e, em suas fileiras, as armas são garras e presas e a motivação é a sede de sangue. Para fechar essa tão esperada trilogia, Justin Cronin construiu um conto de sobrevivência e fé, em que os limites entre o bem e mal são postos à prova e um questionamento inquietante permeia cada página: o que nos torna humanos, afinal?

A Cidade dos Espelhos

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by a mysterious genius, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. Meanwhile, something is stirring. The support staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as Arrivalists--who may be fomenting revolution. Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.

A gripping tale of survival, this is the story of Amy--abandoned at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment.

A literary thriller revealed in multiple time frames, The Twelve is a suspenseful tale of the human capacity for sacrifice and the transformative power of renewal. In the present day: As three strangers attempt to navigate the chaos cast upon civilization by a U.S. government experiment gone wrong, their destinies intertwine. More than a hundred years in the future: Amy, Peter, Alicia and the others introduced in The Passage pinpoint the weaknesses of the twelve original vampires . . . even as they confront a betrayal by one of their own.

A Novel (Book Two of the Passage Trilogy)

The Twelve

In life I was a scientist called Fanning. Then, in a jungle in Bolivia, I died. I died, and then I was brought back to life... Prompted by a voice that lives in her blood, the fearsome warrior known as Alicia of Blades is drawn towards to one of the great cities of The Time Before. The ruined city of New York. Ruined but not empty. For this is the final refuge of Zero, the first and last of The Twelve. The one who must be destroyed if mankind is to have a future. What she finds is not what she's expecting. A journey into the past. To find out how it all began. And an opponent at once deadlier and more human than she could ever have imagined.

The City of Mirrors

Ferryman

The wait is finally over for the third and final installment in The Passage trilogy, called "a The Stand-meets-The Road journey" by Entertainment Weekly. In the wake of the battle against The Twelve, Amy and her friends have gone in different directions. Peter has joined the settlement at Kerrville, Texas, ascending in its ranks despite his ambivalence about its ideals. Alicia has ventured into enemy territory, half-mad and on the hunt for the viral called Zero, who speaks to her in dreams. Amy has vanished without a trace. With The Twelve destroyed, the citizens of Kerrville are moving on with life, settling outside the city limits, certain that at last the world is safe enough. But the gates of Kerrville will soon shudder with the greatest threat humanity has ever faced, and Amy--the Girl from Nowhere, the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years--will once more join her friends to face down the demon who has torn their world apart . . . and to at last confront their destinies.

A Novel (Book Three of The Passage Trilogy)

In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel "The Passage, " Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with the second installment of this trilogy, now available in a tall Premium Edition.

The Passage Trilogy 2. The Twelve

Book 1 of the traditional Chinese edition of THE TWELVE, the second of The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin. Book 2 and both volumes of The Passage are also available. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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