Gatekeepers

　　如果你喜歡毛骨悚然的神秘故事，這棟房子正適合你！
　　一部充滿冒險、超現實和奇幻元素的青少年冒險小說！！

　　這棟房子不但會說話、呼吸，現在還餓了。

　　金恩一家搬進這棟恐怖的老房子才不過幾天，便已經遇到許多畢生難忘的可怕經歷。撲朔迷離的情況讓他們疲於應付。原以為尋找媽媽的事出現曙光，但那位來自古代的邪惡陌生人塔克西迪恩卻帶著警察上門，想把金恩家的人全趕出這棟房子。老爸出面與這群人協調，卻被警察冠上莫須有的罪名抓走。金恩家的處境雪上加霜，只剩下三個孩子留在這棟詭異的大屋裡。他們是否能平安度過「家裡沒大人」的日子。

　　就在問題重重之際，半夜三更突然有個謎樣的老人與壯漢出現在大門口，宣稱自己與金恩家是舊識，並告訴他們：「你們註定要來到這間房子。身為守門人，我們必須確保只有那些應該發生的事才能去到未來。」這名老人究竟是敵是友？他所說的話到底是真是假？

　　至於塔克西迪恩，他解決了老爸之後，下一步是否會採取更可怕、更激進的行動？心狠手辣的他，會繼續忍受金恩家的人阻撓他的「計畫」嗎？

　　謎團變得愈來愈難解。記憶與夢境的界線變得模糊不清，這些門變化莫測，只要踏錯一步就可能永遠改變歷史。門裡門外的情況同樣棘手，三個孩子是否能展現機智與勇氣救回父母、擊退敵人？

　　The house talks. It breathes. And it's hungry.

　　The Kings have been in the creepy old place, their new home, for only a few days, but they've experienced enough terror to last a lifetime. And the mystery is growing even more baffling. Shadowy and shifting, the big house conceals doors into other worlds that blur the line between memories and dreams-and the slightest misstep can change history forever.

　　At least, that's if they believe the trembling old man who shows up claiming to know them. "There's a reason you're in the house," he tells them. "As gatekeepers, we must make sure only those events that are supposed to happen get through to the future."

　　The problem is that horrors beyond description wait on the other side of those gates. As if that weren't enough, the Kings are also menaced by sinister forces on this side-like the dark, ancient stranger Taksidian, who wants them out now.

　　Xander, David, and Toria must venture beyond the gates to save their missing mother-and discover how truly high the stakes have become.

★本書中譯版《奇幻之屋三部曲：守門人》由大智通出版。

作者簡介

勞伯．李保羅 (Robert Liparulo)

　　勞伯．李保羅的成人小說《Comes a Horseman》(暫譯《馬術師》)、《Germ》(暫譯《菌類》)、《Deadfall》(暫譯《陷阱》)、《Deadlock》(暫譯《僵局》)，以及青少年暢銷小說奇幻之屋系列均大受好評。他與妻子及四名子女現居美國科羅拉多州。

　　ROBERT LIPARULO is an award-winning author of over a thousand published articles and short stories, and he has written and sold the rights to several motion pictures. Currently a contributing editor for New Man magazine, his work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Travel & Leisure, Self, and more. In addition, he previously worked as a celebrity journalist, interviewing Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Charlton Heston, and others.