The Twelve - (A Tizenkettek angol nyelven) - angol nyelvű

The Twelve is the second book in The Passage trilogy, set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by a virus that turned humans into vampire-like creatures called "virals." The Past: The story follows a new group of survivors during the initial collapse of civilization. They try to navigate the chaos and form an underground resistance.The Present: 100 years later, the colony of survivors faces a new threat. The twelve original death-row inmates who were infected to create the virus--The Twelve--are consolidating their power.The Mission: Army tracker Peter Jaxon, the enigmatic Amy (the "Girl from Nowhere"), and other survivors must hunt down and destroy each of the Twelve. Since all virals are telepathically linked to their creator, killing one of the Twelve destroys their entire subclass of monsters.The Conflict: Their quest leads them to the Homeland, a dystopian city in Iowa where humans are enslaved by the virals and forced to serve as cattle, building up to a massive battle for the future of humanity.