青少年小說
更新日期:
2016-12-07
Timekeeper
Tara Sim
Sky Pony Press
November 2016
424pp
書籍編號:
10-999
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● 內文簡介

★ 美國亞馬遜暢銷青少年科幻小說#33
★ 首刷印量15,000冊迅速售罄,正加印第二刷
★ Bustle選為「12本冬季最佳的青少年小說」之一
★《紐約時報》暢銷書《尼爾女巫》作者Victoria Schwab盛情推薦

時鐘停止不動,世界也將會消失不見。

這是一個被時鐘塔控制的維多利亞時代的世界,破壞時鐘能斷裂時間,讓時間停頓,整個世界停止運作。

17歲的時鐘機械工丹尼(Danny Hart)了解這一切,他的父親是一位出色的鐘錶匠,而為了修理時鐘被困在倫敦東部的「停止鎮」(Stopped town)已經三年了。丹尼不僅繼承他父親的能力,而且青出於藍,不僅能修理任何的時鐘,還可以修補斷裂的時間,他的能力很快被他的上級關注。

於是,他被分配到恩菲爾德鎮(Enfield Town),該鎮的時鐘塔看似永遠有修不完的問題,而丹尼的學徒是一個不愛言語的討厭男孩科爾頓(Colton),他拒絕與人交流,卻熱愛自己的工作。每天工作,丹尼都會跟男孩說故事,漸漸地,兩人建立深厚的情誼。與此同時,丹尼發起建築新的時鐘塔代替老舊的時鐘塔,藉此救出他的父親,但是卻遭受一股不知名的勢力阻止,並試圖破壞時鐘塔,毀滅世界。

這時城鎮間開始動盪不安,丹尼發現科爾頓竟然是塔上時鐘的「時鐘魂」,監督著恩菲爾德鎮的時間,他的情緒控制著時鐘的好壞。當一串連爆炸發生在時鐘塔附近,威脅停止整個城市運作時,丹尼一定要保護成為下一個襲擊的目標恩菲爾德鎮時鐘塔,否則,他不僅會失去他的父親,還有失去那位他最愛的男孩。

系列第二本《Chainbreaker》和第三本《Firestarter》預計在2017和2018年出版。

 

● 作者簡介

Tara Sim,在美國加州成長,畢業於霍林斯大學(Hollins University)的英文和創作寫作學系,專心小說創作。《Timekeeper》是她的首作小說。

 

● 媒體報導

"Timekeeper is an extraordinary debut, at once familiar and utterly original. Between its compelling world, its lovely prose, and its wonderful characters, the pages flew by."──Victoria Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Alive with myth, mystery, and glorious romance, Timekeeper will keep hearts pounding and pages turning til the stunning conclusion. Reader beware—there's magic in these pages."──Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl from Everywhere

"Part mystery and part romance, this fantasy novel delves into what it means to grow up and make important decisions. With an easily relatable main character struggling to fit in, the novel has a realistic and contemplative voice. VERDICT: A must-have richly written fantasy novel that will have readers eagerly anticipating the next volume."──School Library Journal

"Sim creates a cast of complex and diverse characters, as well as a mythology to explain how the clock towers came to exist . . . an enjoyable, well-realized tale." ──Publishers Weekly

“[M]ystery, LGBTQ romance, and supernatural tale of clock spirits and sabotage that explores how far people might go for those they love. Its strongest elements are the time-related mythology and the supernatural gay romance.”──Booklist

"This LGBTQ steampunk romance sports a killer premise and admirably thorough worldbuilding, helpfully annotated in the author’s afterword. The characters—even the bad guys—are sympathetically drawn and commendably diverse in sexuality and gender."──Kirkus Reviews