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Compulsively readable.
— The New York Times Book Review
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“The City of Mirrors is poetry. Thrilling in every way it has to be, but poetry just the same . . . The writing is sumptuous, the language lovely, even when the action itself is dark and violent.
— The Huffington Post
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This really is the big event you’ve been waiting for . . . A true last stand that builds and comes with a bloody, roaring payoff you won’t see coming, then builds again to the big face off you’ve been waiting for.
— NPR
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A masterpiece . . . with The City of Mirrors, the third volume in The Passage trilogy, Justin Cronin puts paid to what may well be the finest post-apocalyptic epic in our dystopian-glutted times. A stunning achievement by virtually every measure.
— The National Post
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Justin Cronin’s Passage trilogy is remarkable for the unremitting drive of its narrative, for the breathtaking sweep of its imagined future, and for the clear lucidity of its language. The City of Mirrors is a thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.
— Stephen King
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Superb . . . This conclusion to bestseller Cronin’s apocalyptic thriller trilogy ends with all of the heartbreak, joy, and unexpected twists of fate that events in The Passage and The Twelve foreordained.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Readers who have been patiently awaiting the conclusion to Cronin’s sweeping postapocalyptic trilogy are richly rewarded with this epic, heart-wrenching novel. . . . Not only does this title bring the series to a thrilling and satisfying conclusion, but it also exhibits Cronin’s moving exploration of love as both a destructive force and an elemental need, elevating this work among its dystopian peers.
— Library Journal (starred review) Praise for The Passage
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Magnificent . . . Cronin has taken his literary gifts, and he has weaponized them. . . . The Passage can stand proudly next to Stephen King’s apocalyptic masterpiece The Stand, but a closer match would be Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
— Time
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Read this book and the ordinary world disappears.
— Stephen King
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[A] big, engrossing read that will have you leaving the lights on late into the night.
— The Dallas Morning News The Twelve
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[A] literary superthriller, driven at once by character and plot.
— The New York Times Book Review
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Gripping . . . Cronin [introduces] eerie new elements to his masterful mythology.
— The San Diego Union-Tribune
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An undeniable and compelling epic . . . a complex narrative of flight and forgiveness, of great suffering and staggering loss, of terrible betrayals and incredible hope.
— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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“A thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.”
— Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“Compulsively readable.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“The City of Mirrors is poetry. Thrilling in every way it has to be, but poetry just the same…The writing is sumptuous, the language lovely, even when the action itself is dark and violent.”
— Huffington Post
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“A true last stand that builds and comes with a bloody, roaring payoff you won’t see coming, then buildsagain to the big face off you’ve been waiting for.”
— NPR
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“Cronin skillfully manages a large cast of characters, all of whom he has endowed with fully developed personalities that engage the reader emotionally. Although its plot is understandably heavily dependent on events in the first two books, this novel is a superb capstone to a modern horror thriller epic.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“This book plays to a number of Scott Brick’s strengths as a narrator—especially his prodigious ability to deliver detailed exposition as skillfully as he does fast-paced dialogue and action. He’s also expert at portraying the emotions of characters. As Fanning (Patient Zero) tells the story of how he was infected as a viral, Brick controls the suspense masterfully.”
— AudioFile