The city of mirrors : a novel, Justin Cronin

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Summary: The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew--and daring to dream of a hopeful future.But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy--humanity's only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him.One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate

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Summary: The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew--and daring to dream of a hopeful future.But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy--humanity's only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him.One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate

Summary: After the battle against The 12, Amy and her friends have gone in different directions. Peter has joined the settlement at Kerrville, Texas, and has ascended in its ranks despite his ambivalence about its ideals. Alicia has ventured into enemy territory, half-mad, on the hunt for the viral called Zero, who speaks to her in dreams. And Amy has vanished without a trace. With The 12 destroyed, the citizens of Kerrville are moving on with life. But the gates of Kerrville will soon shudder with the greatest threat humanity has ever faced.