SPLICED (SPLICED BOOK 1)

Book ID/图书代码： 06430017C00027

English Summary/英文概要： In this gripping sci-fi thriller, genetically altered teens fight for survival in a near-future society that is redefining what it means to be human.

Sixteen-year-old Jimi knows people change, but nothing could prepare her for what’s about to happen to her best friend, Del. Del is obsessed with becoming a chimera (ki-mir-a): a person who pays back-alley geneticists, known as "genies," to illegally splice animal genes into their own. The resulting physical changes have scared lawmakers into drafting legislation declaring chimeras officially nonpersons--so when Del goes missing, Jimi is desperate to find him before he alters himself forever.

As she tries to save him, Jimi must face down unscrupulous people and risk her own life--all while knowing that if getting spliced is the choice Del has made, it means he’s leaving her behind forever.

SPLICED Book 2: coming Spring 2019
SPLICED Book 3: coming Spring 2020

Chinese Summary/中文概要： ★亞馬遜五顆星推薦
★2017年美國書商協會最佳YA小說
★2018年世界科幻年會Worldcon海爾??克萊門特獎(The Hal Clement Award)
★從普立茲文學獎得主、暢銷小說家到漫威漫畫作者推薦，包括:
＊Laurie Halse Anderson，《我不再沉默》作者、「普立茲文學獎」銀牌獎得主
＊Jonathan Maberry，漫威漫畫作者，作品包括《黑豹》、《金鋼狼》、《制裁者》，多次獲得布萊姆斯托克獎（Bram Stoker Awards）
＊Joelle Charbonneau，紐約時報暢銷小說《試煉者》作者

Chimera原指希臘神話中一種會噴火的神獸，上半身像獅子，中間像山羊，下半身像毒蛇；後來在生物科技上，被用來指稱一種同時擁有不同來源細胞所構成的個體，翻譯成「嵌合體」。

在近未來，人類已經能運用基因嵌合技術治療許多遺傳性疾病，擁有動物基因的人也越來越普遍，他們被稱為「chimera」。然而與此同時，也有一批保守人士反對基因嵌合技術，隨著社會對立的激化，反基因嵌合的勢力甚至影響了法律修訂，他們致力推動一項將擁有動物基因的人類視為「非人」的激進法律，此法律將全面否定chimera的人權和生存權，也使得社會對chimera的處境越來越不友善。一般而言，基因嵌合技術必須在合法認證的醫療機構進行，且只能用於先天基因缺陷的疾病，但對於嵌合後的修復卻被視為非法，使得許多想治療嵌合體病患的醫生面臨失去執照的風險。

主角Jimi是一個16歲少女，當她和她的青梅竹馬Del常久以來的感情正逐漸超越友誼，她卻發現Del迷上了基因嵌合而想將自己變成一個chimera──透過非法的地下醫生。當反對基因嵌合的法律即將生效時，Del卻失蹤了，在一切太遲以前，Jimi必須盡快找到Del。為了拯救Del，Jimi必須冒著生命危險，然而隨著盟友的背叛和勢力強大的敵人的打擊，Jimi的信念不斷受到挑戰，而同時她也將發現關於她自己過去塵封已久的秘密......

SPLICED系列三部曲設定在近未來，融合了科幻、冒險、懸疑與政治鬥爭，挑戰人對於身而為人的概念，節奏緊湊。第一集獲得亞馬遜五顆星推薦、2017年美國書商協會最佳YA小說、2018年世界科幻年會(World Science Fiction Convention)海爾??克萊門特獎(The Hal Clement Award)。第二集將於2019年5月出版，第三集將於2020年春季出版。 (Zoe)

Awards/获奖情况：本書榮獲書單雜誌推薦

本書榮獲世界科幻年會(World Science Fiction Convention)2018年度The Hal Clement Award for Excellence in Children’s Science Fiction Literature

「快節奏讓人緊張得一頁接著一頁停不下來。」
──Laurie Halse Anderson，《我不再沉默》作者、「普立茲文學獎」銀牌獎得主

「兼具抓住人心的角色和驚悚的情節！將YA小說帶到新高度。」
──Jonathan Maberry，漫威漫畫作者，作品包括《黑豹》、《金鋼狼》、《制裁者》，多次獲得布萊姆斯托克獎（Bram Stoker Awards）

?? "This novel profits from an intriguing near-future world, unpredictable nonstop action, and complex ethical decision-making relevant to our own ecological and political climate." - Booklist

「深刻的主題即使在閱讀完後仍引人深思。」
──Joelle Charbonneau，紐約時報暢銷小說《試煉者》作者

“This page-turner grabs you by the throat and won’t let go.”—Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Speak

“Characters you care about and a plot that will send chills up your spine, this one has it all! Jon McGoran brings serious game to the YA genre!”—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot and Ruin

“The haunting themes McGoran has created will resonate long after the final page is turned.”—Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times bestselling author of The Testing trilogy

“Timely, thrilling, and more than a little scary.”—Kirkus Reviews

?? American Booksellers Association’s 2017 ABC Best Books for Young Readers / Young Adult

"McGoran extrapolates a believable, all-too-relevant future, but he wisely focuses on Jimi’s transformation from someone aware of but untouched by discrimination into a willing activist with an emotional connection. McGoran doesn’t skimp on the action, either, which is suspenseful and scary." - Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Jon McGoran has written several books for adults, including the D. H. Dublin series and the eco-thrillers Drift and Deadout, called "outstanding" in a Publishers Weekly starred review. He is also the author of The Dead Ring, based on the television series The Blacklist. Jon McGoran is a founding member of The Liars Club, a blog for and by writers. Spliced is his first book for young adults. He lives in Pennsylvania with his family.

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