The Society of Unknowable Objects

The Society of Unknowable Objects

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出版日期:
2025/08/11
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繼國際暢銷小說《The Book of Doors》之後,作者再度帶來一部奇幻獨立長篇新作——故事聚焦於一個由三位表面上平凡無奇之人組成的秘密社團,他們的任務是尋找並守護那些隱藏的魔法物品——看似普通,卻擁有非凡力量的日常物件。

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繼國際暢銷小說《The Book of Doors》之後,作者再度帶來一部奇幻獨立長篇新作——故事聚焦於一個由三位表面上平凡無奇之人組成的秘密社團,他們的任務是尋找並守護那些隱藏的魔法物品——看似普通,卻擁有非凡力量的日常物件。


這個關於「不可知物品(Unknowable Objects)」的世界——那些大多數人完全不知道蘊藏魔力的物件——已沉寂數十年。
但三位現任的秘密社團成員依然保持警覺,每六個月便會在倫敦一間書店的地窖會面。他們發誓守護這些被藏匿的魔法物品,使其遠離世人視線,也讓世界免於它們的威脅。

當社團中資歷最深的成員法蘭克·辛普森(Frank Simpson)得知一件新出現的魔法物品即將現身香港,他派出白天是作家、同時也是社團最新成員的瑪格達·史帕克斯(Magda Sparks)前往調查。

但瑪格達一抵達香港,就面臨生死危機——遭遇一名專業殺手。這名殺手對「不可知物品」瞭若指掌,並聲稱其中一件物品曾在十年前被偷走。為了逃命,瑪格達動用了連社團其他成員都不知道的秘密魔法物品。

返回倫敦後,瑪格達才意識到:她並不是唯一隱瞞秘密的人。而最深層、最危險的祕密,是關於這個社團真正使命的本質。
這場追尋將把她帶往大西洋彼岸——深入美國南方,這次,她追尋的不是一件物品,而是一個人:她在香港初次遭遇的那位殺手。

瑪格達也逐漸發現,世上有更多勢力正在覬覦這些魔法物品,而她自己的家族過去竟與這一切有著密不可分的聯繫。


魔法之所以從未向世界揭露,
是因為它太強大。
但瑪格達終將明白,
世上或許有一種力量更勝魔法——

那就是:真相。


From the author of the internationally bestselling The Book of Doors, another fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties.

The world of unknowable objects—magical items that most people have no idea possess powers—has been quiet for decades, but the three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world—and the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects, hears of a new artifact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends Magda Sparks—author by day and newest member—to investigate.

Within hours of arriving in Hong Kong, Magda is facing death and danger, confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects, specifically one that was stolen from him a decade before. Magda is forced to flee, using an artifact that not even the rest of the Society knows about.

Returning to London, Magda learns hers is not the only secret being kept from the other two members. And that the most pernicious secret is about the nature of the Society’s mission. Her discoveries will lead her on a perilous journey, across the Atlantic to the deep south of the United States, now in pursuit of not an unknowable object, but an unknowable person: the professional killer she first faced in Hong Kong. In doing so, Magda begins to understand that there are even more in the world who are chasing these magical items, and that her own family’s legacy is tied up in keeping all these secrets under wraps.

Magic has always been too powerful to reveal to the world. But Magda will learn there might be something even more powerful:

The truth.

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作者介紹

Gareth Brown
Gareth Brown is the author of the international bestseller The Book of Doors.He wanted to be a writer from a very young age, and he completed his first novel as a teenager. For the last twenty years he has worked in the UK Civil Service and the National Health Service while writing in his spare time. When not working or writing, Gareth loves travelling, especially the whirlwind first few hours in a new city and long road trips through beautiful landscapes. He enjoys barbecues, patisseries, playing pool, and falling asleep in front of the television like an old man. Gareth lives with his wife and two impudent and highly excitable Skye terriers near Edinburgh in Scotland.

規格

誠品貨碼 / 2682950180001
ISBN13 / 9780063447936
ISBN10 /
EAN貨碼 / 9780063447936
頁數 / 352
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 6 x 1.04 x 9 inches
級別 / N:無
提供維修 / 無

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