05751cam a2200565 4500 235076893 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780345516862 0345516869 B003F3PM7A Amazon bf29380a-088a-4764-b9a0-1d0f06778c44 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 207310 OverDrive (Product ID) 33716 207310 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cronin, Justin. The Passage [Libby] : The Passage Trilogy, Book 1. Random House Publishing Group, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3300kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. HTML:"Cronin has given us what could be the best book of the summer. Don't wait to dive into The Passage.". HTML:USA Today. "Cronin's unguessable plot and appealing characters will seize your heart and mind.". HTML:Parade. "Great storytelling ... vital, tender, and compelling". HTML:O, The Oprah Magazine. "A blockbuster...astutely plotted and imaginative". HTML:The New York Times Book Review. "Cronin gets it just right; the combination of attentive realism and doomsday stakes makes for a mesmerizing experience.". HTML:Salon.com. HTML:"Magnificently unnerving...A The Stand-meets-The Road journey.". HTML:Entertainment Weekly, A- "Addictive, terrifying, and deeply satisfying. Not only is this one of the year's best thrillers; it's one of the best of the past decade--maybe one of the best ever.". HTML:Men's Journal. HTML:"A literary richness that rivals Stephen King's The Stand.". HTML:Time. "Literary author Cronin turns in an apocalyptic thriller in the spirit of Stephen King or Michael Crichton....The young girl as heroine and role model is a nice touch.". HTML:Kirkus. "[An] apocalyptic epic...Expect a lot of interest in this title.". HTML:Booklist. "The monsters in this compulsive nail biter are the scariest in fiction since Stephen King's vampires in Salem's Lot...This exceptional thriller should be one of the most popular novels this year and will draw in readers everywhere.". HTML:Library Journal, starred review. "Meet what is likely to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer.". HTML:People. "Imagine Michael Crichton crossbreeding Stephen King's "The Stand" and "Salem's Lot" in that lab on Jurassic Park, with rich infusions of Robert McCammon's "Swan Song," "Battlestar Galactica" and even Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."". HTML:The Washington Post. HTML:NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND LIBRARY JOURNAL--AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post <ul> <li>Esquire</li> <li>U.S. News & World Report</li> <li>NPR/On Point</li> <li>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</li> <li>BookPage 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. "Enthralling . . . You will find yourself captivated."--Stephen King "Magnificently unnerving . . . The Stand meets The Road."--Entertainment Weekly "Great entertainment . . . [a] big, engrossing read."--The Dallas Morning News "Mythic storytelling."--San Francisco Chronicle The story of Amy continues in The Twelve, coming soon. Look for a special preview in the back of the eBook.</li> </ul>. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 20:32:58. http://nm.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=bf29380a-088a-4764-b9a0-1d0f06778c44 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/BF2/938/0A/Passage9780345516862.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=BF29380A-088A-4764-B9A0-1D0F06778C44&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/BF2/938/0A/Passage9780345516862.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=BF29380A-088A-4764-B9A0-1D0F06778C44&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/BF2/938/0A/Passage9780345516862.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=BF29380A-088A-4764-B9A0-1D0F06778C44&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)