THE PASSAGE

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

Praise for The Passage

“Read this book and the ordinary world disappears.”
—Stephen King

“A wild, headlong, sweeping extravaganza of a novel….A bona fide thriller that is sharply written, deeply humane, ablaze with big ideas, and absolutely impossible to put down.”
—Jennifer Egan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“Magnificently unnerving . . . A The Stand-meets-The Road journey.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Great entertainment . . . [a] big, engrossing read.”
—The Dallas Morning News

“Mythic storytelling.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“A mesmerizing experience.”
—Salon

“Cronin gets everything right.”
—The Denver Post

“Cronin’s unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.”
—Parade

“Magnificent.”
—Time

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