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內容簡介 恐怖又充滿哥德風格的驚悚故事，帶領讀者探索真實與超自然的世界深入變態人格者的內心深處1906年，Wake莊園座落在Wakenhyrst小鎮的沼澤邊緣，這是歷史學家Edmund Stearn家人共同居住的地方。外人眼中看似正直的Edmund其實對待家人非常殘暴，尤其是對他的女兒Maud又特別嚴厲。Maud的媽媽因難產去世，留下她和嚴守紀律的父親單獨生活，孤獨的她常去父親的書房，卻意外發現父親的日記。Edmund某次經過教堂旁的墓園，意外在樹叢中看到一隻神秘之眼，後來發現這是來自教堂一個象徵凶兆的畫作，他的恐懼很快就消逝。這幅畫作所描繪的地獄場景十分駭人，儘管知道這幅畫非常有歷史價值，但他卻一點也不想和它扯上關係，但這幅凶兆卻又經常在他的腦海中盤旋。不知為何家中開始有神秘事件發生，沼澤濕地的惡臭不時滲入屋內，就算把窗戶全部關閉也阻擋不了，夜晚不經意醒來時還經常聽到像動物爪子抓過木頭地板的聲音…。By the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air, an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry."Something has been let loose..."In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.When he finds a painted medieval devil in a graveyard, unhallowed forces are awakened.Maud's battle has begun. She must survive a world haunted by witchcraft, the age-old legends of her beloved fen – and the even more nightmarish demons of her father's past.Spanning five centuries, Wakenhyrst is a darkly gothic thriller about murderous obsession and one girl's longing to fly free.
