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燃燒的凝視

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內容簡介 電影《燃火的女孩》經典原著小說「故事大師」史蒂芬．金科幻驚悚經典！改編電影《燃火的女孩》即將上映！《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜冠軍！AMAZON書店直逼★★★★★極致好評！對不起，造成這些疼痛、這些繃帶、這些尖叫。我永遠不會再這麼做了，因為它是「壞東西」，只要放開它，它就會失控……安迪和維琪相識於一次實驗，由科學情報局「商店」策畫，在志願者身上施打名為「命運六號」的藥劑。受到藥物影響，過程中有人死亡、精神失常，只有安迪和維琪不僅倖存下來，還激發出強弱不等的精神控制能力。當兩人相愛結婚並生下女兒嘉莉，更驚人的事情發生了。嘉莉不僅遺傳到父母的超能力，還從襁褓中就展現「意念控火」的能力──只要想著火焰，就可以點火。於是他們教嘉莉控制內心的憤怒或痛苦，以免傷害自己，甚至傷害別人。然而他們一家人的美好時光很快被陰影籠罩。長年監視安迪家的「商店」在一次追捕行動中殺害了維琪，也讓父女倆開始漫長的逃亡。「商店」企圖掌控嘉莉，為的是了解她的能力，並做為殺傷力強大的武器為國家所用。面對生死攸關的狀況，安迪鼓勵嘉莉克服對引火能力的恐懼，用它幫助兩人逃離。然而，當這股潛在的力量從暫時休眠中甦醒過來，將讓她變成那個最危險的女孩……《燃燒的凝視》是史蒂芬・金結合科幻和恐怖的經典之作。不可信任的龐大機構和不可思議的超能力者之間的抗衡，在他筆下彼此拉鋸，形成強烈的故事張力。當孩子的純真和良善，被大人的邪惡和欲望所點燃，那個被視為怪物的孩子終將直面內心深處的恐懼，並在反覆的善惡辯證中，徹底長大成人。本中文書介出自《燃燒的凝視》皇冠文化出版有限公司出版Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller—now a major motion picture!Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen—pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary...including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own..."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Stephen King Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11 22 63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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