A literary thriller unfolding in multiple time frames, "The Twelve" is a page-turning epic of sacrifice and survival.In the present As three strangers attempt to navigate the chaos cast upon civilization by a U.S. government experiment gone wrong, their destinies intertwine.A hundred years in the Amy, Peter, Alicia, and the others introduced in "The Passage" 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.