biNEW YORK TIMESi BEST SELLER - The first of a two-volume masterpiece, The Passenger series, from tbhe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of iThe Roadi b- Tbbhe story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. pbA bbiNEW YORK TIMES ibbBEST BOOK OF THE YEARb pBlends the rowdy humor of some of McCarthy's early novels with the parched tone of his more apocalyptic later work. b--biThe New York Timesi piStella Marisi, the second volume in iThe Passengeri series, is available now.b p1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from the Coast Guard tender into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger