The Twelve
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
The eagerly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller The Passage, soon to be an epic drama on Fox from writer Elizabeth Heldens and executive producer Ridley Scott.
THE TWELVE
Death-row prisoners with nightmare pasts and no future.
THE TWELVE
Until they were selected for a secret experiment.
THE TWELVE
To create something more than human.
THE TWELVE
Now they are the future and humanity's worst nightmare has begun.
THE TWELVE
The epic sequel to
THE PASSAGE
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Cronin s bloated apocalyptic thriller, like many a trilogy s middle book, falls short of the high standard set by its predecessor, 2010 s The Passage. The struggle for survival between humanity s last hope, personified by Amy Harper Bellafonte, and vampire-like virals comes across as watered-down Stephen King, short on three-dimensional characters as well as genuine scares. The action shifts from the present five years after the First Colony, a refuge, has fallen to the virals to Year Zero, when the virus that caused the catastrophe was unleashed, but the value added by the flashbacks isn t obvious. A prologue surveys the events of The Passage in biblical prose ( And a decree shall go forth from the highest offices that twelve criminals shall be chosen to share of the Zero s blood, becoming demons also ), but fails to bring readers adequately up to speed. A dramatis personae at the back listing more than 80 names is scarcely more helpful. 15- to 20-city author tour.
Customer Reviews
A huge disappointment
Whenever there are new characters in the story it's more or less ok, some bits even enjoyable.
Alas, most of the time we follow the footsteps of the people we already know from the Passage and those footsteps are going nowhere in terms of character development. It's like reading a superheroes comic book. Towards the end it (r)evolves into an overly sentimental and sadistic carousel and whenever I noticed the word itself (carousel) on the page I simply moved on a couple of pages. I don't want to spend an eternity or even 97 years reminiscing the carousel bit from the Passage.
No way I'm spending my money on the third book.