![]() ![]() After a twenty-year leap in time, Peter Jaxon finds himself President of the Texas Republic, spearheading the revitalization of humanity while simultaneously trying to forget what got him to that point. Most of the survivors from the last book have moved on from Iowa, and society seems to be reforming. The City of Mirrors, the final installment in Justin Cronin’s The Passage Trilogy, begins in Texas immediately following the events of The Twelve. If it doesn’t, it can easily tarnish the reputation of the series, imparting the dreaded sour taste upon the tongues of those the author worked tirelessly to appease. After pulling readers along for any period of time, getting them emotionally invested in characters and plotlines, the ending has to work. ![]() Still, the most difficult task remains the most obvious one: the ending. By the end of the final installment, the expectation is that the author will fulfill his or her end of the contract that all storylines will be resolved and every promise will see payoff, though any look through a history of serial media will show that this is nearly impossible to do. ![]() ![]() As impressive a feat as it is to pen one 600-plus page bestseller, authoring a trio –and getting each book right– deserves even higher praise. All good things must come to an end, as the axiom goes, but not all good things come to a good ending. ![]()
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