![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with The Twelve. The Passage Series by Justin Cronin The Passage Series 3 primary works 10 total works Book 1 The Passage by Justin Cronin 4. Although The Passage is the first of three books, Cronin gets everything right the first time out: suspenseful pacing, using third-person viewpoints that alternate throughout his massive tome (766 pages, 2.4 pounds), interesting, semi-formulaic characters with all-too human flaws (from a pedophile laborer and a misunderstood prisoner, to a motherly African nun and an FBI agent with a powerful paternal instinct), and just enough verisimilitude in his SF-cum-horror plot to have readers believing the fictional apocalypse in his story just might be plausible … It’s not giving anything away to say that plans go awry, subjects escape and infect others, and soon an end-of-the-world scenario is playing out as those who are infected - called virals - hunt down those who are not … While Cronin is sure- handed in the chapters that delve into each character’s motivations and background, he is equally masterful in the action set-pieces, keeping the narrative speeding forward like a runaway train. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. ![]()
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