The Passage: The original post-apocalyptic virus thriller: chosen as Time Magazine's one of the best books to read during self-i

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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES! 'THE STAND meets THE ROAD' Entertainment Weekly 'Enthralling ... richly imagined. Above all, Amy is a superb creation, believably human yet beguilingly enigmatic' Sunday Times Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world. She is. Anthony Carter doesn't think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row. He's wrong. FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming. It is. 'Read 15 pages, and you will find yourself captivated; read 30 and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night. It had the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: read this book and the ordinary world disappears' Stephen King

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.

Epic, apocalyptic, heart-wrenching, catastrophic, mesmerising - DAILY MIRROR If you only take one book away with you this summer, make it THE PASSAGE. It's an absorbing, nightmarish dream of a book, a terrifying apocalyptic thriller, populated by believable, sympathetic characters. Once you start reading it, you won't want it to end - THE TIMES Read 15 pages and you will find yourself captivated; read 30 and you will find yourself taken prisoner and reading late into the night...read this book and the ordinary world disappears - Stephen King Not only a brilliantly told story with thrilling plot twists and graphic action sequences, but a moving psychological portrait of survivors facing up to the poignant act of a lost past and a horrifically uncertain future - GUARDIAN This epic tale is truly exhilarating stuff - DAILY EXPRESS