Джастин Кронин – лучшие книги

"Все произошло быстро. Тридцать две минуты на смерть старого мира и рождение нового". Двенадцать преступников, вместо смертельного приговора соглашаются на участие в секретном правительственном эксперименте. Им прививают некий вирус, который может усилить умственные и физические способности человека. В результате родилась "Дюжина". Они практически всесильны и…

Прошло сто лет с момента, как мир разделился. День принадлежит людям, а ночь – жутким тварям. Люди научились с этим жить, быть всегда начеку, а некоторые стали прислуживать врагу. Для Зараженных время Пира давно миновало, и им тоже нужно выживать, пока человечество вновь расплодится. Мир снова стоит на пороге перемен, ведь Двенадцать бросают свои легионы на…

Вы прошли ПЕРЕРОЖДЕНИЕ. Вы встретили ДВЕНАДЦАТЬ. Войдите же в ГОРОД ЗЕРКАЛ ради окончательной расплаты. Город, в котором выживших ждет второе пришествие невыразимого зла. Двенадцать были уничтожены 20 лет назад, и ужасающий век тьмы, обрушившейся на мир, закончился. Оставшиеся в живых постепенно выходят из убежищ. Они мечтают об обнадеживающем будущем и полны…

Вы прошли ПЕРЕРОЖДЕНИЕ. Вы встретили ДВЕНАДЦАТЬ. Войдите же в ГОРОД ЗЕРКАЛ ради окончательной расплаты. Город, в котором выживших ждет второе пришествие невыразимого зла. Двенадцать были уничтожены 20 лет назад, и ужасающий век тьмы, обрушившейся на мир, закончился. Оставшиеся в живых постепенно выходят из убежищ. Они мечтают об обнадеживающем будущем и полны…

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”—Stephen King

You followed The Passage. You faced The Twelve. Now enter The City of Mirrors for the final reckoning. As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, Justin Cronin’s band of hardened survivors await the second coming of unspeakable darkness.

The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place?

The Twelve have been destroyed and the hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future.

But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy—humanity’s only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him.

One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate.

Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. 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. 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.

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. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he’s been dreaming—which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry.

Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group—known as “Arrivalists”—who may be fomenting revolution.

Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized—and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.

Das Mädchen Amy ist gerade einmal sechs Jahre alt, als es von zwei FBI-Agenten entführt und auf ein geheimes medizinisches Versuchsgelände verschleppt wird. Man hat lange nach Amy gesucht: der optimalen Versuchsperson für ein mysteriöses Experiment, das nichts Geringeres zum Ziel hat, als Menschen unsterblich zu machen. Doch dann geht irgendetwas schief – völlig schief. Von einem Tag auf den anderen rast die Welt dem Untergang entgegen. Und nur eine kann die Menschheit vielleicht noch retten: Amy Harper Bellafonte.

Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for his radiant novel in stories, Mary and O’Neil , Justin Cronin has already been hailed as a writer of astonishing gifts. Now Cronin’s new novel, The Summer Guest, fulfills that promise—and more. With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love.

On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day of fishing in a place that has brought him solace for thirty years, and an astonishing bequest that will forever change the lives of those around him.

From the battlefields of Italy to the turbulence of the Vietnam era, to the private battles of love and family, The Summer Guest reveals the full history of this final pilgrimage and its meaning for four people: Jordan Patterson, the haunted young man who will guide Harry on his last voyage out; the camp’s owner Joe Crosby, a Vietnam draft evader who has spent a lifetime “trying to learn what it means to be brave”; Joe’s wife, Lucy, the woman Harry has loved for three decades; and Joe and Lucy’s daughter Kate—the spirited young woman who holds the key to the last unopened door to the past.


As their stories unfold, secrets are revealed, courage is tested, and the bonds of love are strengthened. And always center stage is the place itself—a magical, forgotten corner of New England where the longings of the human heart are mirrored in the wild beauty of the landscape.

Intimate, powerful, and profound, The Summer Guest reveals Justin Cronin as a storyteller of unique and marvelous talent. It is a book to treasure.