JADE MAN’S SKIN

Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B34268

English Summary/英文概要： In this soaring epic, Daniel Fox weaves the ancient myths and legends of feudal China into a fantasy world of brutal war and brittle passion, immortal gods and mystical creatures.

With the long-chained dragon now free and the rebels’ invasion smashed by her exultant fury, the balance of power has changed. Young emperor Chien Hua is no longer struggling for survival; now he is ambitious to strike back. As treacherous General Ping Wen whispers in the emperor’s ear, not even Chien Hua’s beloved concubine or his most trusted bodyguard can reason with him. Worse, prolonged exposure to magical jade is changing him radically: His increasingly godlike powers are making him dangerously rash.

But with the dragon patrolling the skies above and the strait beneath, the emperor’s forces have no hope of launching a counterattack—until a goddess moves to interfere. Yet neither the clash of armies nor the opposing wills of goddess and dragon can decide ultimate victory or defeat. The fate of the war lies in the blood-deep bonds between the dragon and the boy Han, her jailer and her liberator—and in the prices both will pay for their freedom.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 緊接著「束縛的巨龍」，丹尼爾.福克斯又很快為我們帶來了該系列的第二部作品。
禁錮許久的巨龍終於得以掙脫，得益於其懾人的威力，叛軍的攻勢暫態於其前土崩瓦解，自此戰爭的格局被徹底打破。現今，少主不再甘心只求偏隅一方，而是選擇要東山再起。野心勃勃的他正企圖展開自己的反擊。
朝中大將Ping Wen當權，此人狡詐陰險，在其不斷的唆使之下，少主漸漸喪失了理智，即便是他最心愛的嬪妾和最信賴的侍衛亦無法將其說服。而更糟的是，長久以來暴露於魔法翡翠的法力之中，對於強大力量的癡迷正逐漸令得少主愈加暴躁和驕矜。
但是眼前，橫隔在少主反攻部隊面前的便是不斷盤桓在海峽上空的那頭巨龍，而就在此時，另一股力量又摻雜了進來，女神的出現再次將僵局打破，但即便如此，這場戰事的走勢依然是懸而未決，因為最終的關鍵都統統掌握在少年Han的手上...(ANDY)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights Sold: German (Verlagsgruppe Random House)

Building on the brilliantly subtle groundwork laid in 2009’s Dragon in Chains, Fox’s Chinese fantasy series continues as the now-unchained dragon threatens human civilization. Han, the one-time apprentice scribe who freed the dragon, is still tied to her mind. The young emperor, in exile on the island of Taishu, finds the beast is both protector and jailer, while general-turned-pirate Li Ton discovers the hard way that he has other, more immediate enemies from his past. When a sea goddess intervenes, she is no friend of the dragon, but she may be even less kind to the people. Readers who enjoyed Fox’s delicate descriptions and leisurely prose will be thrilled to find more of the same, along with greater depth of story as the numerous characters are pulled together by schemes and destiny. (Mar.)---4 January 2010 Publisher’s Weekly Reviews

“High-stakes action, well drawn characters, and a gorgeously painted landscape. This is the kind of fantasy I love to read.”---Kate Elliott, author of Crown of Stars

About the Author/作者介绍： Daniel Fox is a British writer who first went to Taiwan at the millennium and became obsessed, to the point of learning Mandarin and writing about the country in three different genres. Before this he had published a couple of dozen books and many hundreds of short stories, under a clutch of other names. He has also written poetry and plays. Some of this work has won awards.

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