Beautiful Chaos
- 作者:Garcia,Kami/ Stohl,Margaret
- 出版社:Little Brown & Co
- 出版日期:2012-06-12
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:031612351X
- ISBN13:9780316123518
- 裝訂:平裝 / 14.6 x 21.6 x 4.4 cm / 普通級
伊森魏特以為自己漸漸熟悉美國南部的家鄉--蓋林鎮那些奇怪、不可思議的事件了,然而「奇怪」、「不可思議」有了新的定義。蝗蟲、熱浪和颶風無情地摧毀了蓋林鎮,伊森和蕾娜飽受煎熬,他們明白這是蕾娜轉化所造成的影響。隨著時間過去,問題逐漸明朗--究竟要犧牲什麼,或是犧牲誰,才能拯救蓋林鎮?
對伊森而言,渾沌不明雖然可怕,卻未嘗不是轉移心思的好辦法。不過糟糕的是,他開始逐漸失去屬於他的點點滴滴--忘了朋友的名字、電話號碼,甚至是過往的回憶。他不知道為什麼,卻又害怕真相。
有時並沒有所謂的答案或抉擇,有些事就是無法回頭,而這一次,恐怕不會有美好的結局……
Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected -- and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What -- or who -- will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin?
For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it's not Lena -- and the mysterious figure is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself -- forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and he's afraid to ask.
Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.
★本書中譯版《美麗魔物 3 美麗渾沌》由尖端出版。
作者簡介
卡蜜.嘉西亞、瑪格麗特.史托爾
如同書中的艾瑪一樣,卡蜜.嘉西亞非常迷信。她就像其他以南方自豪的女孩,總是親手烤餅乾和派。雖然親戚是美國革命女兒會的會員,不過她從未參加過內戰重演活動。卡蜜在喬治華盛頓大學取得教育碩士的學位。身為老師的她,也是閱讀專家,主持許多兒童和青少年的讀書小組。
如同書中的蕾娜一樣,瑪格麗特.史托爾從十五歲開始就因為寫作而麻煩不斷。她撰寫並設計了許多當紅的電玩遊戲,所以她養了兩隻淘氣的米格魯,分別叫薩爾達和卡比。瑪格麗特就讀安默斯特學院和耶魯大學的時候,就深深愛上了美國文學。她在史丹佛大學拿到英文碩士,同時接受詩人喬治.馬克白(George MacBeth)的指導,在諾里奇的東英格蘭大學研究創意寫作。
卡蜜.嘉西亞與瑪格麗特.史托爾在一次午餐的餐敘時,有了《美麗魔物》的初步構想,這是她們合著的處女作。瑪格麗特非常著迷於奇幻故事,她一直想寫一本超自然小說;卡蜜則是喜歡描述美國南方的故事,希望以她土生土長的美國南方創作一部小說。剛開始兩人不知從何著手,只是結合彼此的寫作熱情,將一些故事概念隨手寫在餐巾紙上。當她們吃完午餐準備離開時,《美麗魔物》已經誕生了。卡蜜和瑪格麗特以及她們的家人都住在加州的洛杉磯市,此外,她們現在改用電腦寫書,不再寫在餐巾紙上了。
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Beautiful Chaos is the third book in the Beautiful Creatures series.