New Releases by Justin Cronin

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.

DA LISTA DE MAIS VENDIDOS DO THE NEW YORK TIMES. Em A passagem, doze prisioneiros sentenciados à morte foram usados em um experimento militar que buscava criar o soldado invencível. Mas a experiência deu terrivelmente errado. Um vírus inoculado nas cobaias acabou com qualquer resquício de sua humanidade e elas fugiram, matando ou infectando qualquer um que cruzasse seu caminho. Os infectados se tornavam virais obedientes a seu criador, mais um de seus Muitos. No caos que se formou, a única chance de sobrevivência para a espécie humana eram fortificações altamente protegidas. Assim se formou a Primeira Colônia, um reduto a salvo dos virais, mas isolado do resto do mundo. Noventa e dois anos depois, uma andarilha surgiu às portas da Colônia. Era Amy Harper Bellafonte, a Garota de Lugar Nenhum, aquela que iria liderar um grupo de colonos e eliminar a cobaia número 1, Gilles Babcock, libertando seus Muitos. Agora, cinco anos após ter cruzado as Terras Escuras em busca de respostas e salvação, seu grupo está separado. Cada um seguiu seu caminho, mas seus destinos logo voltarão a se cruzar, num embate definitivo contra uma ameaça mortal. Fanning, o Zero, aquele que deu origem ao apocalipse, tem planos para refazer o grupo dos Doze e conta com um aliado poderoso, disposto a qualquer coisa em nome da própria imortalidade. Segundo livro da trilogia A passagem, Os Doze nos faz questionar a mente humana, os avanços científicos e a busca do poder que leva a uma certeza sombria de nossa capacidade para o mal. Mas, acima de tudo, ele reforça nossa esperança em uma humanidade que se adapta, sobrevive e não se rende.

Zu Anfang waren es zwölf Kriminelle, die auf die Todesstrafe warteten. Doch dann wurden sie auserwählt für ein geheimes Experiment. Es sollte den Fortschritt bringen, aus ihnen sollten mehr als nur Menschen werden. Doch es schlug fehl. Jetzt sind es diese Zwölf, die das Leben auf der Erde bedrohen und das Ende der Menschheit bedeuten könnten. Und die letzte Hoffnung ruht auf einem Mädchen. Amy ist die Einzige, die sich der Macht der Zwölf entgegenstellen kann. Aber der Gegner ist stark, und ihre Kraft scheint mehr und mehr zu schwinden ...

"El mundo ha sido arrasado por hordas de vampiros mutantes y dirigidos por ''los doce'', los primeros infectados. La humanidad subsiste en enclaves aislados en un planeta que se ha convertido en territorio hostil. Unos pocos personajes intentan, como pueden, sobrevivir en el caos.Mientras tanto, Amy y sus companeros siguen combatiendo para salvar lo que queda de la humanidad, sin saber que el enemigo ha evolucionado y que ahora tienen complices entre los hombres, decididos a crear un nuevo orden mucho mas siniestro que la extincion total. Ahora, launica esperanza es acabar con los doce virales primigenios, los que se infectaron en primer lugar, aunque para eso haya que pagar el precio definitivo.Secuela de la exitosa El pasaje, clamorosamente elogiada por Stephen King, Los doce es un escalofriante thriller y, al mismo tiempo, una fascinante historia de sacrificio y supervivencia."--Casadellibro.

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.

At the end of The passage, the great viral plague had left a small group of survivors clinging to life amidst a world transformed into a nightmare. In the second volume of this epic trilogy, this same group of survivors, led by the mysterious, charismatic Amy, go on the attack, leading an insurrection against the virals: the first offensives of the Second Viral War. To do this, they must infiltrate a dozen hives, each presided over by one of the original Twelve. Their secret weapon: Alicia, transformed at the end of book one into a half human, half viral - but whose side, in the end, is she really on?

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.

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

"Leia esse livro e o mundo como você o conhece desaparecerá." – Stephen King "Cronin é mestre em criar tensão e jamais desperdiça palavras. Este thriller excepcional deve ser um dos mais populares do ano e atrairá leitores em toda parte." – Library Journal Quase um século depois que uma pesquisa científica financiada pelo Exército dos Estados Unidos foge do controle, tudo o que resta é uma paisagem apocalíptica. As cobaias utilizadas nos experimentos – prisioneiros a caminho do corredor da morte – escaparam do laboratório e iniciaram uma terrível carnificina, alimentando-se de qualquer ser com sangue nas veias e espalhando por todo o continente o vírus inoculado nelas. Um em cada 10 habitantes pode ter sido infectado. Os outros nove se tornaram presas desses virais, criaturas animalescas extremamente ágeis e fortes cujos únicos pontos fracos parecem ser a hipersensibilidade à luz e uma pequena área frágil próxima ao esterno. Em uma fortificação construída nas montanhas, cercada de muralhas de concreto e holofotes superpotentes, uma comunidade tenta sobreviver aos constantes ataques noturnos. Mas a precária estrutura que a protege está com os dias contados: as baterias que alimentam as luzes começam a falhar e uma invasão é iminente. Não se sabe o que aconteceu ao resto do mundo: a comunicação foi cortada, não há governo e o Exército nunca cumpriu a promessa de voltar. Provavelmente estão todos mortos. Mas a chegada de uma misteriosa andarilha traz novas expectativas: ao que tudo indica, ela tem as mesmas habilidades dos virais, mas não sua necessidade de sangue. Agarrando-se a essa esperança, um grupo parte da Colônia para buscar mais sobreviventes – e a verdade fora dos muros. Com uma narrativa tensa e bem-estruturada, Justin Cronin constrói personagens de complexidade psicológica surpreendente. Na transição do mundo que conhecemos para um que não poderíamos imaginar encontra-se uma humanidade sitiada pelos próprios erros.

Avant de devenir la Fille de Nulle Part - celle qui vint en marchant, la Première, la Dernière et la Seule, et qui vécut mille ans -, ce n''était qu''une petite fille appelée Amy ; Amy Harper Bellafonte, née dans l''Iowa. Années 2010. Dans la jungle bolivienne, un commando de l''armée américaine traque les membres d''une expédition atteints d''un mystérieux virus... Au Texas, deux agents du FBI persuadent un condamné à mort de participer, en compagnie de onze autres prisonniers, à une expérience scientifique ultrasecrète. Près d''un siècle plus tard. Une communauté a réchappé à l''apocalypse causée par l''invasion dévastatrice de mutants qui ont plongé le monde dans le chaos. Un jour, une jeune fille silencieuse et énigmatique se présente à la porte de la Colonie. Elle paraît à peine quatorze ans, mais elle en a plus de cent... Justin Cronin livre ici le premier volume d''une trilogie monumentale. Sur fond d''Amérique en ruines envahie par des monstres à glacer le sang, Le Passage est à la fois un conte épique, un thriller métaphysique et un roman fantastique à couper le souffle, salué par la critique et le public dès sa parution. "Lisez les quinze premières pages et vous serez accro. Lisez les trente suivantes et vous vous retrouverez au beau milieu de la nuit, plongé dans votre lecture. Lisez ce livre et le monde réel disparaîtra." Stephen King

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, turned to hell. All that remains is the long fight ahead for the stunned survivors faced with a future ruled by fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse. As civilization crumbles, 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 oprhan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project, and Brad is determined to protect her. But, for young Amy, escaping is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey—spanning miles and decades—toward the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun in the first place.

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...

Huit saisons, huit nouvelles qui, en fait, constituent un roman. L’histoire d’une famille dont chaque membre va son chemin : les études, le travail, le mariage, les enfants... Mais, chez Justin Cronin, ce n''est jamais un chemin facile, car chacun a son secret : un amour qui n''ose pas se déclarer, une grave maladie qu''on tente de cacher, un drame vécu autrefois qui revient vous hanter... Sous l''apparente banalité des jours et des destins, sous le tissu protecteur de l''affection et de l''entraide, se dissimulent bien des angoisses et des détresses.Une traversée des sentiments pleine de grâce. Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle.Superbe et poignant, Huit saisons [...] impose d’emblée la marque d’un écrivain majeur, styliste subtil capable de vous mettre les larmes aux yeux en sublimant le quotidien. Alexandre Fillon, Figaro madame.

Die Welt, wie Sie sie kennen, wird es nicht mehr geben! Bevor sie das Mädchen von Nirgendwo wurde – das Mädchen, das plötzlich auftauchte, die Erste und Letzte und Einzige, die tausend Jahre lebte – war sie nur ein kleines Mädchen aus Iowa und hieß Amy. Amy Harper Bellafonte. Das Mädchen Amy ist gerade einmal sechs Jahre alt, als es von zwei FBI-Agenten entführt und auf ein geheimes medizinisches Versuchsgelände verschleppt wird. Man hat lange nach Amy gesucht: der optimalen Versuchsperson für ein mysteriöses Experiment, das nichts Geringeres zum Ziel hat, als Menschen unsterblich zu machen. Doch dann geht irgendetwas schief – völlig schief. Von einem Tag auf den anderen rast die Welt dem Untergang entgegen. Und nur eine kann die Menschheit vielleicht noch retten: Amy Harper Bellafonte.

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.

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.

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

Als een Amerikaans echtpaar verongelukt, beïnvloedt dat het leven van hun net volwassen kinderen enorm.