At last this bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale. Now enter the city of mirrors for the final reckoning. The city of mirrors is a 2016 horror novel by justin cronin and is the final novel in the passage trilogy, following the novel the twelve. Based on the justin cronin book trilogy, the story centers on project noah, where scientists are working on a virus that may either cure humanity of all disease, or wipe it out entirely. The city of mirrors is a thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in american fantasy fiction. Description the passage amy harper bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks shes the most important person in the whole world. Justin cronin is an american author of horror and science fiction. The city of mirrors by justin cronin book trailer youtube.
In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel the passage, justin cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. The city of mirrors justin cronin its good to read. Justin cronin s bloodandthunder tale of a viral vampire apocalypse began in 2010 with the passage. For this is the final refuge of zero, the first and last of the twelve.
Now all is quiet on the horizon but does silence promise the nightmares end or the second coming of unspeakable darkness. Cronin s agent sold the film rights to ridley scotts production company three years before the publication of the first book in 2010 based on cronin. New york times bestseller the end of the world was only the beginning. Advance praise for the city of mirrors 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. The final book in justin cronin s trilogy has arrived, concluding the saga that began with the passage. The third and final book in his amazing trilogy following on. He has won the penhemingway award, the stephen crane prize and the whiting writers award. Mary and oneil and the summer guest, as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of the passage, the twelve and city of mirrors. In his internationally acclaimed critically acclaimed novel the passage, justin cronin builds an unforgettable world transformed by an experience government that has gone horribly wrong. Nineteen hundred and sixty two new england saw the birth of justin cronin, an author who would, rather rapidly, rise to success, critical acclaim and award winning heights in american literary society. In the second book, the twelve were felled, and this changed the outcome for mankind. Justin cronins official author website enter the passage. The city of mirrors, passage trilogy by justin cronin.
In the passage, justin cronin introduced us to a nightmarish dystopia. Starting right where the last book left off we find alicia spending years moping. As they cycled around their neighbourhood, eightyearold iris prodded him for a story, which. Anthony carter doesnt think he could ever be in a worse place than death row. Named one of pastes 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. The twelve book two of the passage trilogy by justin cronin. When federal agent brad wolgast gosselaar is assigned to bring in amy bellafonte sidney as a new test subject, he develops fatherly feelings for the child.
The first two books in justin cronin s thrilling dystopian vampire trilogy the passage and the twelveearned him a rapturous following. A distinguished faculty fellow at rice university, he divides his. Now, the field of application is widening and the intensity deepens the epic history frontally withthe twelve at the present time, that the fact of man. Life has been good to the survivors of the twelve and in this book, the last of the trilogy, civilisation seems to be returning to the world, with. The city of mirrors is the final book in the trilogy the passage. The city of mirrors is a thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the.
Born and raised in new england, cronin is a graduate of harvard university and the iowa writers workshop. He brings it to a rousing conclusion in his new book. Stephen king this conclusion to bestseller cronin s apocalyptic thriller trilogy ends with all of the heartbreak, joy, and unexpected twists of fate that events in. He has won the hemingway foundationpen award, the stephen crane prize, and the whiting writers award. 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.
Published on jan 26, 2016 watch the amazing trailer for justin cronin s the city of mirrors. Justin cronin the passage trilogy 3 books collection set. Cronin continued to reside in new england throughout his childhood and adolescence. In the passage and the twelve, justin cronin brilliantly imagined the fall of civilization and humanitys desperate fight to survive. The city of mirrors brings justin cronins blockbuster trilogy to an uneven end. 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. Cronin plunges us deep into the backstories of his vivid and complex characters and hurtles the action into the future to explain how a postviral world could look. The passage trilogy 3 the city of mirrors book summary. Mary and oneil and the summer guest, as well as two of three books of a vampire trilogy.
Pdf the passage trilogy 3 the city of mirrors download. The film rights were acquired by fox entertainment group in 2007 for adaptation into a film trilogy, but after 12 years of development and planning, it was changed to a television series, which premiered in january 2019 and was canceled after the first season. New york times bestseller this thrilling novel kicks off what stephen king calls a trilogy that will stand as one. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In the city of mirrors, justin cronin wraps up his trilogy about a postapocalyptic world overrun by vampires a saga that covers 1,000 years and almost 2,000 pages. Other honors for his writing include a fellowship from the national endowment for the arts and a whiting writers award. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last amy and her friends will know their fate. The three books that make up cronin s saga, the passage, the twelve,and the city of mirrors comprise a modern horror masterpiece. Justin cronin the passage trilogy 3 books collection set the passage, the twelve, the city of mirrors. Fans of the walking dead will find themselves instantly under the spell of this first installment in justin cronin s epic passage series. The third and final installment in the passage trilogy, called by entertainment weekly a the standmeetsthe road journey. A novel book two of the passage trilogy ebook written by justin cronin.
As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, justin cronin s band. Its the story of one special childs supernatural pilgrimage through the apocalypse. The city of mirrors enter the passage justin cronins. The passage is a novel by justin cronin, published in 2010 by ballantine books, a division of random house, inc. F or three months in 2006, every day after school, justin cronin took his daughter for a bike ride. Published in 2010, the passage is the first book in a trilogy by justin cronin, which follows the start of an apocalypse triggered by government experimentation that leads to a vampirelike. As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, justin cronin s band of hardened survivors await the second. Passage trilogy series justin cronin justin cronin brilliantly imagines the fall of civilization and humanitys desperate fight to survive in what stephen king calls one of the great achievements in american fantasy fictionthe critically acclaimed, new york times bestselling passage series. The city of mirrors by justin cronin, signed abebooks.
Amy harper belafonte is the last test subject of project noaha military plot to sculpt supersoldiers using a virus that renders them practically. Justin cronin s blockbuster postapocalyptic vampire trilogy comes to an uneven end. The passage trilogy, book 2 the twelve book two of the passage trilogy. Alicia donadios child, the result of her rape in the twelve, is. In the passage, the twelve, and the justreleased the city of mirrors, hes chronicled humanitys slow collapseand slow, stuttering risein the wake of a viral apocalypse that unleashed hordes of vampirelike superbrings upon the world, and quickly. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the twelve book two of the passage trilogy. The twelve book two of the passage trilogy by justin. The city of mirrors offers fans a supremely rewarding conclusion. Justin cronin discusses the city of mirrors the san. Passage trilogy series justin cronin justin cronin brilliantly imagines the fall of civilization and humanity s desperate fight to survive in what stephen king calls one of the great achievements in american fantasy fictionthe critically acclaimed, new york times bestselling passage series. He is the one who must be destroyed if mankind is to have a future. He has won the hemingway foundationpen award, the stephen crane prize, and a whiting award born and raised in new england, cronin is a graduate of harvard university and the iowa writers. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward. Justin cronin is the new york times bestselling author of the passage, the twelve.
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