{"product_id":"the-passage-paperback","title":"The Passage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Cronin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER -\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls \"a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A FOX TV SERIES \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF \u003ci\u003ePASTE\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE DECADE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eAND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post - Esquire - U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report - \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\/\u003ci\u003eOn Point - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - BookPage - Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, \u003ci\u003eThe Passage\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLook for the entire Passage trilogy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE PASSAGE THE TWELVE THE CITY OF MIRRORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Passage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] blockbuster.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mythic storytelling.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Passage \u003c\/i\u003ecan stand proudly next to Stephen King's apocalyptic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Stand, \u003c\/i\u003ebut a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Road: \u003c\/i\u003ea story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Addictive.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Cronin's unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Cronin\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passage, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O'Neil\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize), and \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Guest\u003c\/i\u003e. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Whiting Writers' Award. A Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Rice University, he divides his time between Houston, Texas, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Passage\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52001069007149,"sku":"9780345504975","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UGZkbkhWY3NvVSs2b3RvbGhHdU5aUT09.webp?v=1776631628","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-passage-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}