1 by Justin Cronin RELEASE DATE: JLiterary author Cronin ( Mary and O’Neil, 2001, etc.) turns in an apocalyptic thriller in the spirit of Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process-and, when necessary, enforcing it. Justin Cronin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, Mary and O’Neil (which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize), and The. THE PASSAGE From the Passage Trilogy series, Vol. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Justin Cronins new novel, 'The Ferryman,' which debuted earlier this month. The Passage debuted at 3 on the New York Times hardcover fiction best seller list, and remained on the list for seven additional weeks. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. The Passage is the literary equivalent of a unicorn: a bona fide thriller that is sharply written, deeply humane, ablaze with big ideas, and absolutely impossible to put down - Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad Addictive, terrifying, and deeply satisfying. The Passage is a novel by Justin Cronin, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals.

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Justin Cronin, the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, visits Gibson's Bookstore to present his riveting standalone novel The Ferryman, about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia-where the truth isn't what it seems.įounded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy) By: Justin Cronin.

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