Justin Cronin
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With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Justin Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love.
“A work of art . . . a great American novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
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...
“A work of art . . . a great American novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
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...
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Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. When they met at the Philadelphia high school where they'd come to teach, each had suffered a profound loss that had not healed. How likely was it that they could learn to trust, much less love, again?
Justin Cronin's poignant debut traces the lives of Mary Olson and O'Neil Burke, two vulnerable young teachers who rediscover...
Justin Cronin's poignant debut traces the lives of Mary Olson and O'Neil Burke, two vulnerable young teachers who rediscover...
3) Przejście
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A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop.
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Passage trilogy volume 3
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Los Doce han sido destruidos y el aterrador imperio de las tinieblas, que desde hace un siglo azota el mundo, ha llegado a su fin. Los supervivientes empiezan a cruzar las murallas, decididos a construir una nueva sociedad . . . y listos para soñar con un futuro más esperanzador. Sin embargo, muy lejos de allí, en una metrópolis muerta, alguien aguarda: Zero. El Primero. Padre de los Doce. El horror que devastó su vida humana todavía lo atormenta...
5) El pasaje
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En unas instalaciones ultrasecretas del gobierno norteamericano un fallo de seguridad permite que escapen unos monstruosos seres que habían sido objeto de un experimento militar escalofriante. No muy lejos de allí, Amy, una niña huérfana de apenas seis años de edad, inicia un viaje lleno de peligros.
6) Dwunastu
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The great viral plague had left a small group of survivors clinging to life amidst a world transformed into a nightmare. Led by the mysterious, charismatic Amy, they go on the attack, leading an insurrection against the virals--the first offensives of the Second Viral War--infiltrating a dozen hives, each presided over by one of the original Twelve. Their secret weapon: Alicia, transformed at the end of book one into a half human, half viral--but...
7) Los doce
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"El mundo ha sido arrasado por hordas de vampiros mutantes y dirigidos por 'los doce', los primeros infectados. La humanidad subsiste en enclaves aislados en un planeta que se ha convertido en territorio hostil. Unos pocos personajes intentan, como pueden, sobrevivir en el caos.Mientras tanto, Amy y sus compañeros siguen combatiendo para salvar lo que queda de la humanidad, sin saber que el enemigo ha evolucionado y que ahora tienen cómplices entre...