Passage, the (TV Tie-in Edition)

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."_x000D_ _x000D_ Now a Fox tv series!_x000D_ _x000D_ Named One Of The Ten Best Novels Of The Year By Time And One Of The Best Books Of The Year By The Washington Post - Esquire - U.S. News & World Report - NPR/On Point - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - BookPage - Library Journal_x000D_ "It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born."_x000D_ An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage 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... _x000D_ 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."_x000D_ _x000D_ Now a Fox tv series!_x000D_ _x000D_ Named One Of The Ten Best Novels Of The Year By Time And One Of The Best Books Of The Year By The Washington Post - Esquire - U.S. News & World Report - NPR/On Point - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - BookPage - Library Journal_x000D_ "It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born."_x000D_ An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage 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._x000D_ Look for the entire Passage trilogy:_x000D_ The Passage | The Twelve | The City Of Mirrors_x000D_ Praise for The Passage_x000D_ "[A] blockbuster."-The New York Times Book Review_x000D_ "Mythic storytelling."-San Francisco Chronicle_x000D_ "Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King's apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy's The Road: a story about human beings trying to generate new hope in a world from which all hope has long since been burnt."-Time_x000D_ "The type of big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night."-The Dallas Morning News_x000D_ "Addictive."-Men's Journal_x000D_ "Cronin's unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind."-Parade