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Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

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內容簡介 一九四○年九月三日，十名特異孩童逃離致命怪物軍團的追捕。唯一能幫助他們的人，卻困在鳥的形體裡。《怪奇孤兒院》中院童的冒險持續進行著，雅各．波曼與他剛結識的新朋友們，在孤兒院被攻陷後，啟程前往特異人士的世界之都——倫敦。他們期盼在那裡找到人能治癒他們的院長隼夫人。然而，在這個飽受戰爭摧殘蹂躪的城市裡，猙獰的不速之客潛伏在各個黑暗角落，以猝不及防的形式步步緊逼，每一場都是置之死地的生死關頭……《怪奇孤兒院2 空洞之城》將帶領讀者進入一個豐富的心靈感應與時間圈套的想像世界，而這個世界裡住著一群有特異功能的人，有特異功能雜耍秀，有能全身摺疊的人，致命的偽人，還有住著一群怪模怪樣動物的特異動物園。這部《怪奇孤兒院》續集，一如前部作品般充滿陰森戰慄、天馬行空的想像空間，並藉由一批未曾曝光過的古老照片，讓讀者享有獨一無二的閱讀樂趣。The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.” How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate. September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she’s trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. And before Jacob can deliver the peculiar children to safety, he must make an important decision about his love for Emma Bloom. Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience.“A stunning achievement . . Hollow City is even richer than Riggs’s imaginative debut, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”—Boston GlobeBonus features:• Sneak preview of the third Peculiar Children novel• Exclusive Q&A with Ransom Riggs• Never-before-seen peculiar photography

作者介紹

作者介紹 Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk, 2011), a New York Times best seller with more than 5 million copies sold, as well as its best-selling sequels Hollow City (Quirk, 2013) and Library of Souls (Quirk, 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, CA, with his wife.

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