New Releases by Justin Cronin

Nel presente, mentre l’apocalisse causata dall’uomo si sta scatenando, tre estranei si muovono nel caos. Lila, medico e incinta, è talmente sconvolta dalla diffusione della violenza e dell’infezione che continua a fare piani per l’arrivo di sua figlia anche quando la società si dissolve intorno a lei. Kittridge, noto al mondo come “L’Ultima Resistenza di Denver”, è stato costretto a fuggire dalla sua roccaforte e ora è in viaggio, schivando gli infetti, armato ma solo, e ben consapevole che una tanica di benzina non lo porterà lontano. April è un’adolescente che lotta per guidare il suo fratellino in salvo attraverso un paesaggio di morte e rovina. Tutti e tre impareranno presto che non sono stati completamente abbandonati e che nel loro legame si nasconde la speranza, anche nelle notti più buie. Cento anni nel futuro, Amy e gli altri combattono per la salvezza dell’umanità... ignari che le regole siano cambiate. Il nemico si è evoluto e un nuovo ordine oscuro è sorto, con una visione dell’avvenire infinitamente più orribile dell’estinzione dell’uomo. Se i Dodici cadranno, uno tra coloro che si sono uniti per sconfiggerli dovrà pagare il prezzo più alto.

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.

Fondato dal misterioso genio noto come il Progettista, l’arcipelago di Prospera è nascosto dagli orrori di un mondo esterno ormai in declino. Su quest’isola paradisiaca, i fortunati cittadini godono di vite lunghe e appaganti, hanno inserito negli avambracci un monitor che misura il benessere fisico e psicologico. Quando scende sotto il dieci percento, si ritirano imbarcandosi su un traghetto per l’isola conosciuta come Nursery. Qui la memoria viene cancellata e i corpi deteriorati vengono rinnovati per ricominciare una nuova vita. Proctor Bennett è un traghettatore, è soddisfatto di ciò che fa ma qualcosa lo turba. In primo luogo sogna, cosa non concepibile a Prospera, poi la percentuale sul suo monitor ha iniziato a diminuire in modo allarmante e, infine, nel giorno in cui deve essere traghettato, il padre gli trasmette un messaggio tanto criptico quanto inquietante. Nel frattempo, gli uomini e le donne che lavorano come personale di supporto sull’isola hanno iniziato a mettere in discussione l’assetto sociale, il che porta a disordini e al diffondersi di voci sull’esistenza di ribelli e di una possibile rivoluzione. Ben presto, Proctor si troverà a fare i conti con una causa più grande di lui e una missione disperata alla ricerca della verità.

En liten flicka tycks vara den enda som kan rädda världen. Hon heter Amy Harper Bellafonte och är flickan från ingenstans. Det var hon som var där när allting började och världen började gå mot sin undergång. Först, det otänkbara: Ett fruktansvärt militärexperiment kollapsar och dess hemska innehåll släpps lös i världen. Sedan, det onämnbara: En natt av kaos och fullständig förödelse leder till att världen för alltid förändras. Allt som återstår för de chockade överlevarna är att kämpa. Det är en framtid som präglas av rädsla för mörkret, för döden och för ett öde som är ännu värre än så. Civilisationens undergång leder till en ny värld av rovdjur och byten. I detta undantagstillstånd söker två personer efter en säker plats där de kan gömma sig. Det är FBI-agenten Brad Wolgast och den föräldralösa sexåringen Amy Harper Bellafonte, som strax före katastrofen lyckades rymma från militärbasen där apokalypsen släpptes lös. Brad Wolgast är fast besluten att skydda Amy. Men för Amy är detta början på en mycket längre resa, en resa över tid och rymd, mot tiden och platsen där hon måste avsluta det som aldrig borde påbörjats. Justin Cronin har med Flickan från ingenstans skapat en mycket speciell spänningsroman. Han är en skicklig författare med oerhört bra flyt och skärpa i språket. Handlingen kan närmast jämföras med Stephen Kings Pestens tid och Cormac McCarthys Vägen.

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

The first book of the blockbuster trilogy is the basis for the buzzed-about Fox TV series, The Passage, set to premiere in Canada in early 2019. 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 civilization'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.

Un siècle après l'apparition en Amérique du Nord d'un virus qui a décimé la population, la vie semble reprendre ses droits. Quelques poches de population ont réussi à éliminer les Douze, qui avaient propagé le mal. Les survivants sortent de derrière leurs hauts murs et osent désormais rêver d'un futur meilleur. Mais loin d'eux, dans une métropole à l'agonie, le Zéro attend. Celui qui engendra les Douze et initia la fin du monde se consume de haine, ivre de vengeance. Seule pourrait l'apaiser la mort d'Amy - le dernier espoir de l'Humanité - qui a grandi pour se dresser contre lui. Une ultime fois, la lumière et l'ombre vont s'affronter. Amy et ses compagnons iront au-devant de leur destin.

Het is stil geworden in de wereld. De Twaalf zijn vernietigd en de honderd jaar durende heerschappij van het duister is voorbij. Langzaam komen de overlevenden weer tevoorschijn, vastbesloten om een nieuw bestaan op te bouwen, en te dromen van de toekomst. Maar ergens ver weg, in een dode stad, wacht hij af. De Nul. De Eerste. De vader van de Twaalf. De haat die werd aangewakkerd door zijn transformatie laait opnieuw op. En de enige manier om dit vuur te doven is de dood van Amy, het meisje dat is voorbestemd om de mensheid te redden.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”—Stephen King You followed The Passage. You faced The Twelve. Now enter The City of Mirrors for the final reckoning. As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, Justin Cronin’s band of hardened survivors await the second coming of unspeakable darkness. The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy—humanity’s only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate. Look for the entire Passage trilogy: THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The City of Mirrors “Compulsively readable.”—The New York Times Book Review “The City of Mirrors is poetry. Thrilling in every way it has to be, but poetry just the same . . . The writing is sumptuous, the language lovely, even when the action itself is dark and violent.”—The Huffington Post “This really is the big event you’ve been waiting for . . . A true last stand that builds and comes with a bloody, roaring payoff you won’t see coming, then builds again to the big face off you’ve been waiting for.”—NPR “A masterpiece . . . with The City of Mirrors, the third volume in The Passage trilogy, Justin Cronin puts paid to what may well be the finest post-apocalyptic epic in our dystopian-glutted times. A stunning achievement by virtually every measure.”—The National Post “Justin Cronin’s Passage trilogy is remarkable for the unremitting drive of its narrative, for the breathtaking sweep of its imagined future, and for the clear lucidity of its language.”—Stephen King

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The end of the world was only the beginning. In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin 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 . . . In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights. One hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed. The enemy has evolved, and a dark new order has arisen with a vision of the future infinitely more horrifying than man’s extinction. If the Twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price. A heart-stopping thriller rendered with masterful literary skill, The Twelve is a grand and gripping tale of sacrifice and survival. Look for the entire Passage trilogy: THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The Twelve “[A] literary superthriller.”—The New York Times Book Review “An undeniable and compelling epic . . . a complex narrative of flight and forgiveness, of great suffering and staggering loss, of terrible betrayals and incredible hope.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “The Twelve is even better than The Passage.”—The Plain Dealer “A compulsive read.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Gripping . . . Cronin [introduces] eerie new elements to his masterful mythology. . . . Enthralling, emotional and entertaining.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune “Fine storytelling.”—Associated Press “Cronin is one of those rare authors who works on two different levels, blending elegantly crafted literary fiction with cliff-hanging thrills.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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 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

Dans Le Passage, Justin Cronin avait imaginé un monde terrifiant, apparu à la suite d'une expérience gouvernementale ayant tourné à l'apocalypse. Aujourd'hui, l'aventure se poursuit à travers l'épopée des Douze. De nos jours. Alors que le fléau déclenché par l'homme se déchaîne, trois étrangers naviguent au milieu du chaos. Lila, enceinte, est à ce point bouleversée par la propagation de la violence et de l'épidémie qu'elle continue de préparer l'arrivée de son enfant comme si de rien n'était. Kittridge, surnommé "Ultime combat à Denver", pour sa bravoure, est obligé de fuir afin d'échapper aux mutants viruls, bien conscient qu'un plein d'essence ne le mènera pas très loin. April, une adolescente à la volonté farouche, lutte pour protéger son petit frère. Tous trois découvriront bientôt que l'espoir demeure, même au coeur de la plus sombre des nuits. Cent ans plus tard. En quête du salut de l'humanité depuis l'apparition des douze vampires à l'origine de la prolifération des viruls, Amy et ses compagnons ignorent que les règles du jeu ont changé. Les Douze ont donné naissance à un pouvoir occulte, incarné par le maléfique Horace Guilder et porteur d'une vision de l'avenir infiniment plus effrayante encore. Extraordinaire parabole sur le thème du sacrifice et de la survie, récit choral d'une incroyable diversité, intrigue étourdissante, Les Douze comblera les attentes des nombreux admirateurs du Passage - best-seller international unanimement salué par la critique - autant qu'il séduira ceux qui ne connaissent pas encore l'univers prodigieux de Justin Cronin... A tous, la lecture de ces quelque mille pages fera passer des nuits blanches.

Nadat de wereld bijna ten onder ging door een geheim medisch experiment, probeert een groep mensen te overleven tussen de besmette viralen. Ze dolen door Amerika, op zoek naar de oplossing voor de nachtmerrie die de wereld veranderde. Onder leiding van de mysterieuze en charismatische Amy, die zelf ooit door het virus werd besmet, gaat de groep rond Peter en Alicia de strijd aan met de vijandige kolonies. Om te overleven zullen ze de twaalf mannen moeten vinden die deel uitmaakten van het experiment. Hiervoor moeten ze infiltreren in twaalf kolonies, verspreid over heel Amerika. Ze beseffen echter niet dat de spelregels zijn veranderd, en dat een van hen een groot offer zal moeten brengen om te kunnen overwinnen.

A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a military experiment. Then, the unspeakable occurs: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. What remains for the survivors is the fight ahead and a future ruled by fear of darkness, death, and a fate far worse.

Nel cuore della foresta boliviana il professor Jonas Lear fa una scoperta destinata a cambiare per sempre il destino dell'umanità: un virus, trasmesso dai pipistrelli che, modificato, è in grado di rendere più forti gli esseri umani, preservandoli da malattie e invecchiamento...

First, the unthinkable - a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable - a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear - of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse. As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. He is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors. But for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey - spanning miles and decades - towards the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun.

Het lot van de wereld ligt in de handen van een klein meisje De zesjarige Amy Harper Belafonte is de dertiende proefpersoon in een geheim project van de Amerikaanse overheid. Een experiment dat volledig misloopt wanneer de eerste twaalf proefpersonen, besmet met een dodelijk virus, uitbreken. Amy weet te ontsnappen en verschuilt zich in de bossen van Oregon, ver verwijderd van de menselijke beschaving die wordt vernietigd door de gevolgen van het experiment. Honderd jaar later weet een ommuurde kolonie zich staande te houden tegen de kwaadaardige wezens die het dorre Amerikaanse landschap bevolken. Dan verschijnt uit het niets een jonge vrouw, ze heeft geen stem, geen herinneringen. Ze raakt bevriend met een groep jonge overlevenden en samen maken zij de oversteek naar de plaats waar het ooit begon om het geheim van haar mysterieuze bestaan te ontdekken een geheim met de kracht om de wereld te redden.

With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Justin Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love. “A work of art . . . a great American novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day of fishing in a place that has brought him solace for thirty years, and an astonishing bequest that will forever change the lives of those around him. From the battlefields of Italy to the turbulence of the Vietnam era, to the private battles of love and family, The Summer Guest reveals the full history of this final pilgrimage and its meaning for four people: Jordan Patterson, the haunted young man who will guide Harry on his last voyage out; the camp’s owner Joe Crosby, a Vietnam draft evader who has spent a lifetime “trying to learn what it means to be brave”; Joe’s wife, Lucy, the woman Harry has loved for three decades; and Joe and Lucy’s daughter Kate—the spirited young woman who holds the key to the last unopened door to the past. As their stories unfold, secrets are revealed, courage is tested, and the bonds of love are strengthened. And always center stage is the place itself—a magical, forgotten corner of New England where the longings of the human heart are mirrored in the wild beauty of the landscape. Intimate, powerful, and profound, The Summer Guest reveals Justin Cronin as a storyteller of unique and marvelous talent. It is a book to treasure.

WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD • “An astonishingly good first novel . . . fully engaging from the first paragraph. What a gift: to be able to live alongside these people for a while.”—Ann Patchett, Chicago Tribune Mary and O’Neil: They are like any other couple. They have survived loss and found love and managed the occasional hard-earned laugh as they move toward the future, hearts thick with hope. Each human life is ever changing, born of moments large and small—births and deaths and weddings, grave mistakes and chance encounters and acts of surprising courage—and in this unforgettable book, Justin Cronin makes vivid how those moments connect us all, making us more than we could ever be on our own. Alight with nuance, sly humor, and startling wisdom, Mary and O’Neil celebrates the uncommon grace to be found in common lives Praise for Mary and O’Neil “Admirably fearless.”—The New York Times Book Review “The kind of storytelling that goes down easy, and sticks to your ribs.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Cronin succeeds, touchingly and tenderly, in portraying life itself as a triumph of hope over experience.”—The Boston Globe

Arthur lies in the dark of the bedroom he shares with his wife waiting for his dream to fade. He is fifty-six, he loves his wife and the unspoken rhythms of married life. He has a grown son, O'Neil, a daughter, Kay, and he has a secret. His wife, Miriam, has a secret too. When the morning comes they will set out to visit O'Neil at college. This day will change the lives of their family forever. We follow Kay and O'Neil through the years - seeing their marriages unfold and their children born - as they learn to live with the events of that fateful day. In this wonderful debut, Justin Cronin examines the fragility of good fortune and the accidental ways of finding happiness, in a world where grace and joy exist alongside tragedy. Filled with tenderness and hope, Mary and O'Neil is a lyrical family portrait.

A treia parte din seria Transformarea. Lumea pe care o știm nu mai este. Cei Doisprezece au fost distruși iar teribila lor domnie de o sută de ani s-a încheiat. Supraviețuitorii pot ieși din adăposturi ca să încerce să repună pe picioare civilizația umană cu speranța unui viitor lipsit de pericole. Dar undeva departe într-o metropolă ajunsă acum relicvă Zero Tatăl celor Doisprezece stă la pândă. Furia lui clocotește încă punând pe toată lumea în pericol. Amy fata de nicăieri salvatoarea lumii trebuie să facă o nouă încercare de a schimba soarta omenirii o dată pentru totdeauna. O ultimă noapte. O ultimă șansă ca lumina să câștige lupta împotriva întunericului. „Orașul oglinzilor e poezie. Stilul este fermecător limbajul este hipnotizant acțiunea întunecată și violentă.“ The Huffington Post „O capodoperă. Cea mai tulburătoare postapocalipsă în zilele noastre pline de distopii.“ National Post