The Twelve

In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel , 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 with . In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel , 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 with . 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.