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Interview with the Vampire
Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force--a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.... "Magnificent, compulsively readable." CHICAGO TRIBUNE -
The Historian
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable. -
烙印
暮光之城之后全球最当红的小说,唯一以女性吸血鬼为主人公的同类大作 奇幻魔法校园悬疑+非人类爱情罗曼史+最酷青春成长体验=吸血鬼养成学校——暗夜学院 魔法校园版暮光之城、吸血鬼版哈利波特 一段吸血鬼养成学校的浪漫传奇,一部融合超自然、魔法巫术的悬念故事 盘踞纽约时报、出版人周刊畅销排行榜100周以上 全系列美国版印量即超过1000万册 不要相信任何表象,不展卷开读,你永远无法知道她身边发生了什么. 精彩评论: 如今青少年小说风起云涌,也许斯蒂芬妮.梅尔(暮光之城)正是最该负责的那个人。但在诸多作品中,《暗夜学院》肯定出类拔萃。J. K. 罗琳(哈利波特)已经教导我们,不要太理会“青少年小说”这个标签,这套书注定将成为所有年龄层读者的飨宴。 --《超自然书评》(Preternatural Reviews) “暮光之城”的书迷们,如果你们还对非人类故事有期待,我建议你们先来阅读“暗夜学院”吧。它可以帮助我们了解“对”的力量和友谊的重要。不过,我得声明,它极度容易让人上瘾。 --心理学家,任教于斯坦福大学/南西.布朗 「贝拉是那么着迷爱德华,二十四小时都想着他。如果你能接受雅各布参与进来,那么,你将试试看看佐伊和她的男朋友(或男朋友们)的故事。」 --青少年小说作家/钱德勒.克蕾格 我以为自己知道作者要带我去哪里,结果我大吃一惊,而且我依然微笑,仍旧哭泣。 ──《夜鹰罗曼史书评》(Night Owl Romance Reiviews) 有毒的笔,危险的书写;无论男女,绝对沉沦。 ──《女猎人书评》(Huntress Reviews) 迥异于典型的暗黑一族故事,却是每个青少年的真实历程。 ──《青年心声代言人双月刊》(VOYA) 母女作者回来了,回到她们魅惑人心的异样世界,搅动底层的风暴。 ──《浪漫时潮书评》(RT Book Reviews) 黑暗并不总是等同邪恶,正如光明未必总是带来善良 : 这是一个吸血鬼族与人类共存的世界,他们与人类比邻而居。 他们或许刚刚与你我在街头擦身而过,或许与你我在咖啡屋隔桌相望,或许我们自己也是他们当中的一员?都有可能。这里,就是暗夜学院。 唯一可以确定的是,在演艺明星、杰出艺术家、诗人和小说家中,大都有他们家族的成员。 突如其来的烙印,使平凡女孩佐伊的命运瞬间大变。她那外表和谐而内部溃散的家庭、她那原先亲密的挚友甚至交往多年的男友,将这个拥有古老民族血统的女孩,视为了暗夜中的怪物。她才发现,原先想要的简单幸福生活竟然成了奢望。 根据夜之女神尼克斯的指引,她进入了暗夜学院——这是一个提供变成吸血鬼族人类学习与训练的神异之地。这里不须隐藏独特的个性,每个新生都可以彰显特性,凸显神秘,发射无限魅力。而在经过一系列奇妙课程修炼后,他们因成熟而永生。可怕的是,并不是每个被烙印的新生都能通过考验,而失败的结局就是死亡…… 正是这个命中注定的烙印使佐伊明白,她将要面对血的渴望,随时降临的死神,学姐的排挤欺负,以及女神嘱托给她的力量和使命。她更只有勇敢去面对那一团团黑暗中鲜为人知的秘密。可也正因如此,佐伊遇到了一群至死不渝的好友,感受到了大祭司娜菲利特给予的温暖。而且,她遇见了他…… 佐伊决定展现如她额头上实心新月那般的特别,打败一切光明中的邪恶,找寻一切黑暗中的善良。她决意要像明天就要死去一样地活着,要挽住朋友坚定不移的臂膀,要铭刻永恒不息的爱情,要筑造一个没人可以夺走的家。 烙印后,这一切刚刚开始。 -
Fevre Dream
When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream. Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river. -
血月的华尔兹
本书内容以自述的形式为表现手法,通过主人公爱弥儿执著的感情纠葛,回忆和经历了一段全新的生命历程,以音乐般韵律的文字给读者旋转出一个宏大精美的想象空间,以及传奇般的充满魅力的血族世界。在一种假设的永生中,善良坚强的爱弥儿追寻爱情亲情的所有遭遇,实际上也是探寻自身内心成长的一个过程。用温文尔雅的口吻自述着一种独特的情感世界,以及对生命永恒的存在真理有着独到的心理诠释。整个文章情节离奇,感情细腻,赋予了其人性化的思考。 -
The Vampire Diaries
Love can kill Elena: with Damon at her side, and wild with her craving for blood, the changed Elena struggles to control her desires. Damon: his hunger for the golden girl wars with his hunger for revenge against Stefan. Stefan: tormented after losing Elena, he will do anything to get her back. Even if it means becoming what he once despised. . . . Getting what they want may come at a deadly cost.