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If the twelve are to fall, one of those united to vanquish them will have to pay the ultimate price. The twelve was published on october 16, 2012 by ballantine books. Easily the best thing to come out of our 21stcentury obsession with vampires, justin cronins 2010 breakout novel the passage took a highconcept premisea biological vampire virus that reduces human civilization to a single as far as we know, wellarmed outpost in californiaand grounded it in literary prose and a vivid sense of place. Dan chaon called the passage hypnotic and said that you cant turn the pages fast enough, and yet. Oct 16, 2012 the twelve book two of the passage trilogy by justin cronin, 9780345504982, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Stephen king this conclusion to bestseller cronins apocalyptic thriller trilogy ends with all of the heartbreak, joy, and unexpected twists of fate that events in. The twelve by justin cronin meet your next favorite book. A distinguished faculty fellow at rice university, he divides his.
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