''The Passage'' is a

novel series A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their pub ...

Justin Cronin Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ''Mary and O'Neil'' and ''The Summer Guest'', as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of ''The Passage,'' '' The Twelve'' and '' City of Mirrors''. He has won the Heming ...

. There are three published books in the series. The film rights were acquired by

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in 2007 for adaptation into a film trilogy, but after 12 years of development and planning, it was changed to a television series, which premiered in January 2019 and was canceled after the first season.

''The Passage''

'' The Passage'' was published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. ''The Passage'' debuted at #3 on the ''

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'' hardcover fiction best seller list, and remained on the list 7 additional weeks. It is the first novel of the trilogy.Arts.nationalpost.com
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''The Twelve''

''The Twelve'' is a 2012 horror novel by

and is the second novel in the trilogy. The novel was published on October 16, 2012 by Ballantine Books.

''The City of Mirrors''

''The City of Mirrors'' was released in the United States on May 24. 2016.

References

External links

"Enter The Passage"
The official website
"Find Subject Zero"
An official companion website
The UK edition of ''The Passage''

"Apocalypse Wow"
''National Post'' article with details on movie rights for ''The Passage''

''New York Times'', Julie Bosman, June 1, 2010

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