THE DEFENDER

Book ID/图书代码： 10000007B17859

English Summary/英文概要： Guns, violence, mob rule or defending the cause? We all have choices. Or do we? Who would choose blood, sacrifice and exile? At the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Ian’s dad did. He thought he was fighting for a cause, for his people. But the price was too high - after the murder of his sister’s husband and his own wife’s death, he’s paying for trying to get out. Somewhere along the line the cause got blurred by organised crime and revenge, and all it’s left is a bitter taste. He’s still a target, still a victim.
Now he faces a lifetime of running with nowhere to go and constantly putting at risk the son he loves. This page turner tackles a controversial topic head-on and makes powerful and memorable reading.

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。

槍支，暴力，暴民統治或者防禦，我們可以選擇，不是嗎？誰會選擇流血、犧牲和逃亡呢？他一直以為他在為人民而戰。但是代價是沉重的—姐姐的丈夫和他的妻子接連被害，他早已被捲入一場蓄謀已久的報復而無法抽身，他依舊是復仇者的目標。於是，一場永生都無法逃脫的命運之爭開始了，就連他疼愛的兒子也時刻面臨著巨大的危險。 （Claire)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Alan Gibbons is a full time writer and a visiting speaker and lecturer at schools, colleges and literary events nationwide, including the major Book Festivals: Edinburgh, Northern Children’s Book Festival, Swansea, Cheltenham, Sheffield and Salford. Alan is also a key contributor at the QCA/National Literary Strategy ’Writing Together’ conferences. He lives in Liverpool with his wife and four children.
阿倫•吉本斯（Alan Gibbons），是一位全職作家，並擔任全國許多學校，學院以及文學活動的訪問發言人兼講師，包括主流書展，愛丁堡大學，北部兒童書展，斯旺西大學，於橋汀汗學院，謝菲爾德大學和斯坦福大學，現今他與妻子和四個孩子住在利物浦。

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