The Warded Man (平裝本)

面對恐懼，還是面對死亡？！
走進惡魔主宰黑夜的世界

傳說中，
人類曾以攻擊魔印主動迎戰惡魔……

那當然只是傳說。現在世界的夜晚，由惡魔主宰。
每當黑夜降臨，地心魔物就會回到人間－－
散發烈焰的火惡魔、身形巨大的石惡魔、在空中滑翔的風惡魔，還有木惡魔與沙惡魔。
它們憎恨人類，擁有超自然的力量。
每天晚上人類只能躲藏在繪有魔印保護的房子裡畏縮發抖，盼望太陽早點出來。
夜復一夜，惡魔慢慢地屠殺藏身於魔印後的人類，逐漸壯大，人類則日漸減少。
儘管前景黯淡，三名惡魔攻擊事件的年輕倖存者，決定挑戰命運，
踏出魔印脆弱的守護，不顧一切地踏上尋找失傳祕密的道路……

亞倫－－
他為了自由願意付出任何代價，擁抱任何犧牲。
他艱困的旅程會讓自己超越人類力量的極限。
羅傑－－
在導致父母雙亡的惡魔攻擊中失去兩根手指，一生都在音樂中尋求慰藉，
卻發現音樂不但可以安定人心，也可以成為對抗惡魔的武器。
美麗的黎莎－－
一生受盡惡魔以及男人的欺凌，長大後成為高明的藥草師。然而療傷之物亦能帶來傷害……

他們將齊心合力，挺身對抗黑夜。

As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise”demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards”symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Together, they will stand against the night.

Peter V. Brett is the internationally bestselling author of The Warded Man and The Desert Spear. Raised on a steady diet of fantasy novels, comic books, and Dungeons & Dragons, Brett has been writing fantasy stories for as long as he can remember. He received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature and art history from the University at Buffalo in 1995, then spent more than a decade in pharmaceutical publishing before returning to his bliss. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


From the Hardcover edition.