女魔来召唤 A Sorceress Comes to Call

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 400 pages

Publisher:Titan Books Ltd

Imprint:Titan Books Ltd

ISBN:9781835411513

Published:20 Aug 2024

Dimensions:198 x 130 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《纽约时报》畅销书作家、雨果奖获奖作家 T. Kingfisher 以黑暗的笔调重述了格林兄弟的《鹅姑娘》，书中充满了秘密、谋杀和禁忌魔法。

非常适合 Naomi Novic、Alix E. Harrow 和 Nettle & Bone 的粉丝。

Cordelia 知道她的母亲很不寻常。他们的房子房间之间没有门——这所房子里没有秘密！——Cordelia 不允许交一个朋友。除非你把她母亲的美丽白马 Falada 算在内。Cordelia 真正感到自由的时间是每天和他一起骑马。

但不止几个怪癖让她的母亲与众不同。其他父母无法强迫他们的女儿连续几个小时或几天保持沉默和一动不动——听话。其他母亲不是……。

在小镇上发生了一起可疑的死亡事件后，考狄利娅的母亲坚持要他们半夜离开，骑着法拉达一起离开，把考狄利娅所知道的一切抛在身后。他们来到一个偏远的乡村庄园，庄园主人是一个富有的老绅士，他和他未婚的妹妹海丝特。考狄利娅的母亲打算引诱绅士结婚。考狄利娅知道，这对笨手笨脚的绅士和他善良聪明的妹妹来说只能是个坏消息。

海丝特确实看到了考狄利娅躲避母亲的方式。这个年轻的女孩每天晚上吃饭时都坐在那里，一动不动。海丝特知道，为了救出被施了魔法的哥哥，为了救出惊恐万分的考狄利娅，她要面对邪恶的女人。

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.

Perfect for fans of Naomi Novic, Alix E. Harrow and Nettle & Bone.

Cordelia knows her mother is unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms―there are no secrets in this house!―Cordelia isn't allowed to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him.

But more than a few quirks set her mother apart. Other parents can’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless―obedient―for hours or days on end. Other mothers aren’t . . . sorcerers.

After a suspicious death in their small town, Cordelia’s mother insists they leave in the middle of the night, riding away together on Falada’s back, leaving behind all Cordelia has ever known. They arrive at the remote country manor of a wealthy older man, the Squire, and his unwed sister, Hester. Cordelia’s mother intends to lure the Squire into marriage. Cordelia knows this can only be bad news for the bumbling gentleman and his kind, intelligent sister.

And indeed Hester sees the way Cordelia shrinks away from her mother. How the young girl sits eerily still at dinner every night. Hester knows that to save her brother and to rescue the terrified Cordelia, she will have to face down a wicked man of the worst kind.

作者简介

T. Kingfisher 是作家 Ursula Vernon 在为成人写作时使用的略显荒谬的笔名。在另一种生活中，她写儿童书籍和怪异的漫画。作为 Kingfisher，她赢得了雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖和龙奖，包括凭借《荨麻与骨头》一书获得雨果奖小说奖。当她不写作时，她可能在花园里，试图与蝴蝶进行眼神交流。

T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen-name author Ursula Vernon uses when writing for adults. In another life, she writes children's books and weird comics. As Kingfisher, she has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Dragon Awards, including the Hugo for Best Novel for her book Nettle & Bone. When she is not writing, she is probably out in the garden, trying to make eye contact with butterflies.