Second book of Justin Cronin 's trilogy , ` ` The Twelve , '' hits stands this year . For this book what I wanted to do was avoid the well-known trap of middle books in a trilogy , which is that they 're kind of a long second act , just a bridge between books one and three . Cronin 's daughter inspired ` ` The Twelve , '' his son inspired this new book . Cronin 's ' senior thesis on ` ` 1984 '' also explores the theme of propaganda in ` ` The Twelve ''
Second book of Justin Cronin 's trilogy , ` ` The Twelve , '' hits stands this year . Cronin 's daughter inspired ` ` The Twelve , '' his son inspired this new book . Cronin 's ' senior thesis on ` ` 1984 '' also explores the theme of propaganda in ` ` The Twelve ''