English Summary/英文概要： Aidan has it all - a happy home in leafy suburbia with two cars parked on the drive, and all a boy could ask for in terms of designer labels and gadgets. He’s top of the class, captain of the swimming team and has the gorgeous Emily hanging on his every word. So a trip up North with Mum to visit his dying Grandfather doesn’t go down well. But it does teach Aidan a thing or two about real life - and friendships, trust, loyalty and survival. He’s shattered to discover his real father is a gangland drugs dealer recently released from prison and out to regain his scrap of turf whatever it takes. He’s surprised and confused to find he’s falling in love with the intriguing Jade even though she’s already pregnant after a fling with one of the bad lads who hangs out on the estate. He’s humbled by his grandparents, how little they have, but how much wisdom and love they offer him. In a crackingly paced, hard-hitting, real life thriller that deals with drugs and crime, Alan Gibbons also describes the summer of one boy who must grow up super-fast - from hormonal to responsible - in one huge leap of faith.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Alan Gibbons，青少年驚悚作家，十七年的童書寫作經驗。

作品好評如潮，獲獎無數，曾獲藍彼得圖書獎、萊斯特年度書刊、安格斯年度書刊、斯托克波特圖書獎、哈克尼短篇小說獎等其他獎項。作品已被譯為日語、德語、義大利語、法語、泰語、西班牙語、丹麥語、荷蘭語、瑞典語等多國語言。

著有暢銷書SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR，風靡一時，青少年讀者至愛。THE LEGENDEER TRILOGY的三部曲也在青少年作品中被奉為經典。

艾丹擁有令人豔羨的一切－位於郊區的府邸，兩輛家庭轎車，設計師簽名設計的器械。在班上名列前茅，擔任游泳隊隊長，而且還被嬌媚可人的艾米麗深深迷戀。和母親北上探望奄奄一息的外祖父的過程不是很順利，但是卻教會了艾丹關於現實生活、友誼、信任、忠誠以及生存這些生命中至關重要的東西。當他知道他真正的父親原來是一名黑幫毒品交易商，並且在出獄後準備重操舊業這一真相時，感到的是撕心裂肺般的疼痛。而另外一件令他震驚和不解的是自己居然愛上了已經懷孕的傑德，而這位名叫傑德的女人是在和一個惡棍放縱之後的意外受孕。除了毒品、犯罪這些緊張沉重的情節之外，阿倫還描述了一個不得不迅速成長的少年的故事。（Claire)