The Demonata (9) — Dark Calling
- 作者:Darren Shan
- 出版社:HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS UK
- 出版日期:2009-10-01
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0007260458
- ISBN13:9780007260454
- 裝訂:平裝 / 256頁 / 19.7 x 13 x 2 cm / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
我不斷地穿過數不清的光片,想迎接這一場永恆而美麗的宇宙銀河秀,可是『幻影』裡的亡魂卻開始蠢蠢欲動,一連串的背叛,將把我推向不可知的最終命運!
開扇窗戶到幻影巨大的幽暗軀體裡吧,你會找到重要的線索。
但是,小心那個女祭司貝可!
在貝可和葛柏一起對抗魔族陰謀的同時,以往乖乖地被康諾操縱的光片,竟然開始對他竊竊私語,最後還將他帶離眾人的世界,拋向了神秘的宇宙中!康諾驚異地觀看自己越過的銀河星系,而光片化身的老祖靈也終於現身了,康諾這才明瞭魔族、老祖靈、鎧砍和晶盤有著長達數十萬年的複雜糾葛,並知道了自己身負打敗『幻影』和喪王唯一機會的重任!
就在康諾等人闖進了『幻影』的體內,竟意外地聽到老魔法師畢瑞納波斯幽魂的召喚,死不瞑目的他怎麼會成為幻影的一部分?另一方面,貝可鬼祟的舉動究竟隱藏了什麼目的?康諾等人又該如何找到幻影的弱點呢?然而,就在最終決戰即將開打之際,背叛的陰影卻早已經籠罩了全世界......
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Events take an unexpected turn in this ninth awesome foray into the worlds of the Demonata…
“I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear I heard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with, but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over. Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently. Come…"
The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the grip of a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voices are calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless to resist.
Kernel has already been to hell and back. Now he's about to go further…