HOUSE OF RECKONING: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 06830010B38749
English Summary/英文概要： For more than three decades John Saul has haunted the New York Times bestseller list–and readers’ imaginations–with his chilling tales of psychological suspense and supernatural horror. His instinct for striking the deepest chords of fear in our hearts and minds is unerring, and his gift for steering a tale from the light of day into the darkest depths of nightmare is at its harrowing best in House of Reckoning.
After the untimely death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Sarah Crane is forced to grow up quickly in order to help tend her family’s Vermont farm and look after her grieving father, who’s drowning his sorrow in alcohol. But their quiet life together is shattered when her father is jailed for killing another man in a barroom brawl and injuring Sarah in a drunken car crash. Left in the cold care of a loveless foster family and alienated at school, Sarah finds a kindred spirit in classmate Nick Dunnigan, a former mental patient still plagued by voices and visions. And in eccentric art instructor Bettina Phillips, Sarah finds a mentor eager to nurture her talent for painting.
But within the walls of Bettina’s ancestral home, the mansion called Shutters, Sarah finds something altogether different and disturbing. Monstrous images from the house’s dark history seem to flow unbidden from Sarah’s paintbrush–images echoed by Nick’s chilling hallucinations. Trapped for ages in the shadowy rooms of Shutters, the violence and fury of long-dead generations have finally found a gateway from the grave into the world of the living. And Sarah and Nick have found a power they never had: to take control, and take revenge.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在大约30多年的时间里，约翰索尔一直是《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的榜上客，他的心理悬疑小说和超自然恐怖故事牢牢捕获着读者的想象力。他善于挖掘和撩拨读者心底最深处的恐怖，他可以将一个故事，在最惨痛的灾难变化中，从光明的白昼瞬间跌落到黑暗深处的噩梦。
当她的母亲过早的去世，14岁的莎拉•克兰不得不比同龄人成长的更快，以此来帮助他们家在佛蒙特州的农场以及照顾他伤心欲绝的父亲，他的父亲整天将自己沉醉在酒精的世界里。然而他们仅此的平静生活也很快被打破，他的父亲因在酒吧的一场斗殴事件中错杀了另一个酒鬼以及让莎拉在一场酒后驾车事故中受伤而被监禁。生活在冰冷孤寂的寄养家庭中以及在学校中的遭受的种种冷漠与疏离，莎拉找到了一个志趣相投的同班同学尼克邓尼根，一个饱受幻觉和幻象困扰的精神病患者。而面对偏心的艺术老师贝蒂娜菲利普斯，莎拉更渴望找到一位真正的老师来培养她绘画的才能。
在贝蒂娜家里，那种带有百叶窗的复式宅邸中古老花园的墙壁上，莎拉发现了一些与众不同但令人不安的东西。古宅的黑暗历史充斥在莎拉的脑海中，而古宅中那些恐怖的图像不经意的从莎拉的画笔中流出，这竟与尼克令人不寒而栗的幻觉惊人的相似。那些已死去很久的远古灵魂，在百叶窗古宅的阴影下困扰了几个世纪，带着暴力和愤怒，它们终于寻找到了从古墓中去往活人世界的入口。而莎拉和尼克则感受到了他们与生俱来但从未被发现的力量：控制与复仇。(兼职翻译-YZH)
Awards/获奖情况：畅销书作者索尔的这部超自然惊悚片并没有增加更多的新情节。在佛蒙特州，14岁的莎拉在母亲因癌症去世的6个月后，她的父亲艾德，偶然在酒吧的一次斗殴中错杀了别人，而更严重的是，喝醉酒的艾德在驾驶卡车时误撞了莎拉。艾德因为误杀罪而被判入狱，而莎拉的腿则在车祸中受到了严重的创伤而不得不寄养在他人家中。米奇和安吉嘉伟以及他们两个未成年的孩子对待莎拉就像是灰姑娘一样，她不仅要为他们全家做饭，还要承担所有的家务。同时，莎拉的家庭情况让她在新的学校也受到了冷漠和排斥。只有两个人向她伸出了援助之手，被冠有“巫婆”头衔的艺术老师贝蒂娜菲利普斯以及她的同班同学尼克邓尼根，尼克因为总是浮现可怕的幻象而被他的同伴所孤立。毋庸置疑，小说的最后，莎拉会使用她所拥有的神秘超能力扭转乾坤。
About the Author/作者介绍： 完美的噩梦这本书是作者John Saul的第三十二本小说。他1977年出版的第一部小说Suffer the children一出版便获得百万销量。他的另一些悬疑畅销小说包括Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club等等。他也是纽约时报畅销惊悚小说系列The Blackstone Chronicles的作者。作者在西雅图、华盛顿、夏威夷三地间频繁来回。 JOHN SAUL’s first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. He has since written twenty-three successive bestselling novels of suspense, including Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil, The Presence, Black Lightning, Guardian, and The Homing. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling serial thriller The Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Mr. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Maui, Hawaii.
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