172 HOURS ON THE MOON: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 02644010B43928

English Summary/英文概要： Everyone said sending teenagers into space would be their opportunity of a lifetime...

It’s been decades since anyone last set foot on the moon. But three ordinary teens are about to change that--and their lives--forever. Mia knows this will be her punk band’s ticket to fame and fortune. Midori believes it’s her way out of her restrictive lifestyle in Japan. And Antoine just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible. But little do they know that something sinister is waiting for them on the dark side of the moon. And in the black vastness of space, no one is coming to save them... Strap yourself in for this chilling adventure from a young Norwegian author on the rise. You’ll want to keep your lights on long after you’ve read the last page.

It has been more than forty years since NASA sent the first men to the moon. And now they are going to do it again. In order to grab some attention and a fair share of funding, they launch a historic lottery. Three lucky teenagers can win a weeklong trip to moon-base DARLAH 2. Millions of teenagers sign up. It is as though the world spins out of control that spring, and once again the moon is on everyone’s lips. The three whose numbers are chosen come from very different places: Paris, Tokyo and Stavanger. Their names are Midori, Antoine and Mia and they may have only one thing in common: they aren’t especially interested in space travel.

Just before the scheduled launch, all three experience strange and unexplainable events. At the same time, NASA announces that they will be traveling in a copy of the old rocket used in 1969. The veteran astronauts are shocked. And in a Miami nursing home there sits an old, senile janitor who once worked for the American military. He barely remembers his own name. The only thing that he is certain of is that no one can be permitted to return to the moon. A new expedition would be the end of everything. But the countdown has already begun.

DARLAH is the story of three young people searching for something else, something new. But it is also a thriller set in space. And a story of secret connections hidden in places like New York, Normandie, Tokyo or the moon.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 若妳的年紀在14到18歲，妳將有機會登月一週，但是不敢保證能再回地球…

2018年，人類登月的五十週年之際，美國決定重返月球。為了吸引大眾注意，NASA決定邀請三位青少年一同前往月球一週（172小時），而這三位幸運兒將從全球以樂透抽獎的方式挑選而出。
最後三位獲獎者分別是Mia，一位希望自己的樂隊能受到大眾注意的挪威女孩；Antoine，一位試圖忘記前女友的法國男孩，Midori，一位想要逃脫自己國家對性別約束的日本女孩。
經過嚴格培訓，終於接近發射倒數階段，此時，NASA宣布將採用與1969年同型式的太空梭出發，所有過去參與過登月任務的人都表示十分驚訝，甚至一位已退休住在養老院的失智老人已不複記憶，但他卻十分篤定這次將不會有人能安全返回地球…看似一個可怕的錯誤及恐怖的陰謀也正準備爆發！(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：2008年挪威最高榮譽的「布萊治文學大獎」得獎作品！

相關網址及影片：http://172hoursonthemoon.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/172HoursontheMoon?ob=0&feature=results_main

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US&UK: Little, Brown (English world rights)

Reviews:
"This irresistible premise is often intoxicating and occasionally downright terrifying.... pretty darn effective."---Booklist

"Imaginative.... Well-crafted suspense.... Interesting and original." ---Kirkus Reviews

"Harstad combines the perfectly paced creepiness of classic Twilight Zone episodes with Battlestar Galactica’s chilling portrayal of the vast, unknowable emptiness of space." ---Romantic Times

"Creepy and bleak, Harstad’s story is both psychologically and atmospherically disturbing."---Publishers Weekly

"Original, creepy, intense... 172 Hours is page-turning sci-fi that will stay with readers long after the shocking and heartbreaking conclusion."---School Library Journal

"Surprisingly creepy.... The novel’s strength is its rising tension and skin-crawling conclusion: Scandinavian thriller meets sci-fi horror movie."---VOYA

About the Author/作者介绍： Johan Harstad，挪威作者，已出版過多部小說。2008年時在挪威出版最新作品DARLAH（US title: 172 Hours on the Moon），榮獲最高榮譽的「布萊治文學大獎」Brage Prize for children’s literature，該書是他開始步入國際文壇的重要作品。
Johan Harstad is the Norwegian author of Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?, a Kirkus Best Fiction of 2011 book, Hässelby, and DARLAH: 172 Hours on the Moon, for which he won the 2008 Brage prize in the children’s literature category. He has been described as "one of the most important [Scandinavian] authors to emerge in the early years of this century" and "an author of exceptional stylistic assurance."

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