Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

　　人以為他是解放黑奴的歷史偉人，其實他真正身分是歷史上最強吸血鬼獵人……

　　暢銷作家賽斯．葛雷恩-史密斯出道以前窮苦潦倒，曾在某個小鎮當雜貨店店員，當時有個名叫亨利的神祕客交給他一個包裹，裡面裝了美國第十六任總統林肯的祕密日記。賽斯打開日記本，竟發現美國歷史上驚人的祕密：

　　一八一八年，印第安那州一間小屋裡，九歲的亞伯拉罕．林肯跪在母親床側。

　　「我的小兒子呀……」她臨死前喃喃喊道。傷心的林肯後來才知道，母親是被吸血鬼害死的。由於身高過人，力大無窮又擅長使斧，年輕的林肯踏上了復仇之路，最後一路直達白宮。

　　世人稱頌林肯解放數百萬的黑奴、拯救了美國聯邦，但他與吸血鬼的戰爭，兩百年來卻罕為人知。於是賽斯以日記為本，重新建構這位美國最偉大總統的真實人生。他首次揭露南北戰爭背後不為人知的歷史，並寫出吸血鬼在美國建國、拓展及差點滅亡的歷程中所扮演的角色。

　　Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

　　"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.

　　Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.

　　When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.

　　While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.

　　Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.

　　★本書中譯版《吸血鬼獵人林肯》由遠流出版。

作者簡介

賽斯．葛雷恩-史密斯(Seth Grahame-Smith)

　　賽斯．葛雷恩-史密斯是電影、電視的編劇與製片，部落客和暢銷書作家。他的第一部小說《傲慢與偏見與殭屍》是《紐約時報》排行榜的暢銷書，不到兩年內銷量超過一百萬冊，被翻譯成20種語言。

　　賽斯在2010年發表的新作《吸血鬼獵人林肯》中，惡搞美國總統林肯，讓他化身為吸血鬼獵人。本書已確定將會搬上大銀幕，由提姆波頓取得電影版權。寫作之外，賽斯也是美國MTV台的喜劇影集《The Hard Times of RJ Berger》的共同創作者與監製。

　　賽斯的其他著作還包括有：剖析色情電影產業的《色情全書》（The Big Book of Porn）、介紹《蜘蛛人》漫畫與電影的《蜘蛛人手冊》（The Spider-Man Handbook）、教讀者如何對付恐怖電影中的障礙設定的《如何成為恐怖電影裡最後的存活者》（How to Survive a Horror Movie）、調侃小布希總統的《總統先生對不起》（Pardon My President）。

　　他目前與妻兒住在洛杉磯。

　　Seth Grahame-Smith is a film and television writer/producer, semi-frequent blogger, and bestselling author. His first novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Since its release in April 2009, it's sold over a million copies and been translated into 20 languages. Seth is also the Co-Creator/Executive Producer of the upcoming MTV comedy series, The Hard Times of RJ Berger. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.