Dearly, Departed

　　愛上你，才是我無藥可救的絕症。而你的懷裡，就是我的最後樂園。

　　2195年的新維多利亞，父母雙亡的諾拉剛從寄宿學校放假回家沒幾天，突然遭受灰軍的攻擊。

　　她的反擊對這些灰色怪物完全沒有殺傷力，幸好一位黑衣軍團的軍官布蘭及時出現將她帶回軍營。

　　在黑軍營中，諾拉發現世上流傳著「拉札路症」，
　　染病的人會停止呼吸和心跳，失去身體機能。

　　諾拉的科學家父親曾試圖研發「拉札路症」的療法與疫苗，
　　對拉札路症免疫的諾拉，也許正是人類的一線希望。

　　諾拉和布蘭逐漸變得熟稔，進而無法抵抗對彼此的感情，瘋狂愛上對方。

　　即使他們必須面對各種挑戰，揭穿陰謀、對抗灰軍、拯救新維多利亞，
　　只要諾拉和布蘭能夠握著彼此的手，就沒有他們無法面對的難題。

　　A classic romance, suspense thriller, rip-roaring adventure, and macabre comedy all at once, Dearly, Departed redefines the concept of undying love.

　　The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria — a high-tech nation modeled on the mores of an antique era. Sixteen-year-old Nora Dearly is far more interested in her country’s political unrest than in silly debutante balls. But the death of her beloved parents leaves Nora at the mercy of a social-climbing aunt who plans to marry off her niece for money. To Nora, no fate could be more horrible — until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses. Now she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting a fatal virus that raises the dead. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and thoroughly deceased. But like the rest of his special undead unit, Bram has been enabled by luck and modern science to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

　　★本書中譯版《拉札路樂園：末日復甦》由晶冠出版社出版。

作者簡介

李雅．哈貝兒Lia Habel

　　現居紐約州西部，她在執筆寫作前窮到準備申請糧食券。她開始寫作《拉札路樂園：末日復甦》的契機是為了提供自己和朋友平價的娛樂方式，結果她的朋友鼓勵她找個經紀人，最後在激烈競爭中售出本書。她正在著手寫作下一本《Dearly, Beloved》。你可以在臉書和MySpace上找到哈貝兒，她也開了部落格www.liahabel.com。這是她的第一本小說。

　　Lia Habel was born into a time of unparalleled ugliness - it was called 'the Eighties'. It was horrible - but yet it brought Lia the video for Thriller by Michael Jackson, and a burning interest in zombies followed. A self-described 'zombie anthropologist', Lia has seen every zombie movie ever made. She lives in Washington DC with her three cats, Ebeneezer, ZZ and Bloody Mary. DEARLY, DEPARTED is her debut novel. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.