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The Book of Sand

內容簡介

內容簡介 深陷荒蕪冷酷異境 生命自會尋找出口英國犯罪小說名家莫．海德罹患漸涷症辭世，生前創作的科幻史詩小說《沙之書》以筆名西奧．克雷爾發表，並做為英國世紀出版社的創社作問世。身處不同世界的主角面對逆境各自掙扎向前：城市盡成廢墟的高溫星球，一家人在流沙荒漠中爭奪水源求生存；美國鄉間少女入睡前在床上發現一隻沙蜥，次日她在雨聲中醒來，開始質疑看似平凡的生活。The Book of Sand- the first novel in an epic series created by one of the finest and most inventive storytellers working in the UK today.SAND. A hostile world of burning sun.Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us.Ahead lies shelter- a 'shuck' the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death.To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life - except that the previous night she found a sand-lizard in her bed, and now she's beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is ...Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their endurance in a place where only the strongest will survive."

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各界推薦 'An utterly original novel from an extraordinary creative mind' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'Unique and fearless' MARK BILLINGHAM I inhaled it. It's beautifully written and utterly compelling' HARRIET TYCE 'I didn't want it to end. Audacious, extraordinary and beautifully written...it's absolutely awesome' ALEX NORTH

作者介紹

作者介紹 Theo ClareTHEO CLARE left school at fifteen. She worked as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She had an MA in film from The American University in Washington, DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, UK.She wrote crime novels under the name Mo Hayder, and her fifth novel Ritual was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Crime 2009 and was voted Best Book of 2008 by Publishers Weekly. Gone, her seventh novel, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and her novel Wolf was nominated for Best Novel in the 2015 Edgar Awards and is currently being adapted for the BBC. Set primarily in an alternate universe, her most recent novel, The Book of Sand, will be published posthumously in early 2022.Theo Clare was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2020 and passed away in July 2021.She leaves behind a husband and daughter, a powerful legacy of books, and an incredible number of people who loved and admired her.

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