The Twelve

　　史蒂芬．金極力推薦、億元版權競價之作《末日之旅》續集
　　熔文學、超現實、於一爐的史詩級傑作！
　　你以為世界末日就是結束了嗎？

　　因政府實驗失誤造成如世界末日般的混亂後，讓倖存的三個人對生存、對找尋其他生還者以及對黎明是否再來都已不抱任何期望。

　　醫生Lila，即便暴動與感染摧毀了整個世界，她仍然默默地計劃要將孩子平安地生下來。因為電力短缺，Kittridge必須轉移駐守的據點，一路上他得提防感染、攻擊，以及近在咫尺的危機。少女April則是為了保護弟弟順利從雷區逃出而鼓起勇氣戰鬥著。有朝一日，這三個人將會明白他們並不孤單，縱然是最闇黑的深夜裡，也都會有一絲希望的微光牽引著他們。

　　百年後的將來，Amy、Peter、Alicia與其他人組成了一個新隊伍，目的是去找尋原始的12支病毒。然而，此次遊戲規則已經改變，其中一人還必須犧牲自己的所有才能將病毒全數帶回……。

　　寫作角度更寬廣、情節設計更富戲劇張力，同時延續系列前作中對人心的溫柔反思，傾頹的破敗世界與重生的希望……，《The Twelve》是一部讓你讀時摒住呼吸、讀後撼動人心的精彩作品！

　　(文/博客來編譯)
　　In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong.
 
　　With The Twelve, the story continues.
 
　　In the present day: As a man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos, desperate to find others, to survive, to witness the dawn on the other side of disaster. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, has been so broken 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 by loss of electrical power 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 minefield 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.
 
　　A hundred years in the future: Amy, Peter, Alicia, and the others introduced in The Passage work with a cast of new characters to hunt the original twelve virals . . . unaware that the rules of the game have changed, and that one of them will have to sacrifice everything to bring the Twelve down.
 
　　The scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic tale of sacrifice and survival begun in The Passage surges forward in its breathtaking sequel—The Twelve.