THE MESSENGER: A NOVEL (THE MARTYR’S SONG)
Book ID/图书代码： 12760011B45023
English Summary/英文概要： On a bright, sunny day in September 2012, not unlike another fateful September day eleven years earlier, a plot to bring down America begins to unfold. An elegantly dressed young woman boards a plane in Berlin for New York knowing that she, like the Spanish conquistadors before her, will unleash a plague of certain death on the unsuspecting inhabitants of the New World. The Martyr’s Song is the story of her travels across the USA, and the rogue American scientist who is determined to stop her.
“Daria” is a refugee from one of the many overcrowded, poverty-stricken refugee camps that dot the Middle East. She has been groomed for years by her terrorist handlers. She is a lustrous diamond, polished, educated at the finest schools and Westernized to wipe out any trace of her Middle Eastern heritage. She passes herself off as a cultured, dark-skinned Italian woman from an aristocratic Florentine family, all the while harboring a seething hatred of the West and everything it represents. The wars that claimed the lives of her brothers and her father feed her need for revenge—and revenge she will have. She is infected with a lethal and highly communicable disease—one that has no cure and no conscience. America will lie in waste at her feet.
Daria’s only instruction from her handler is to interact with as many people as she can and—have fun; Western-style fun. She starts at the Trump Tower Hotel and blends in like any other expense-account executive. Posing as a reporter for the fictional Klic! magazine, Daria mingles all over the city, then moves on across the country, infecting everyone she meets. She waits for the tell-tale signs of the disease, high fever, chills, nausea, lesions. She knows that the injection she received in Berlin will slow the onset of the disease in her own body, adding valuable time to her effectiveness as a weapon.
But soon she has a scientist on her trail who thinks he can put a stop to her lethal journey. He has long predicted that something like this would happen, and has been consistently ignored. Now is his chance to be vindicated.
The Martyr’s Song is an explosive and timely thriller that takes the reader into the mind of a terrorist. Irresistibly relevant to the times we live in, it is a heart-stopping thrill-ride to the last page.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 她是活躍的社交名人，但是她活的越久帶來浩劫將越大… 11年前從第一架飛機撞進美國開始，全球與恐怖份子的對抗也正式展開，而且似乎沒有結束跡象…同樣是一個風和日麗九月天，一名穿著幽雅打扮時尚的女上從柏林登機前往紐約，但不同的是她將平安抵達紐約，並想盡辦法活躍自己的社交生活…
Daria原是一名中東地區的難民，經過組織多年培訓及改造後，她從一介難民搖身一變成為義大利的貴族後裔，由於被徹底的西化，讓她身上絲毫不見來自中東的氣息。而她會加入組織的原因是她的兄弟及父親死於美軍的槍火下，她帶著復仇的決心接受這死亡任務。身上注射一種致命的傳染病毒，只要跟她接觸過的人就會被傳染，而症狀會從一般的感冒開始，之後病毒會慢慢入侵大腦直到腦死。雖然她自己體內也帶有這病毒，但因注射延緩發作的藥物，讓她有足夠時間發揮這「武器」的效力。
而一名科學家早在先前就已留意到此病毒的存在，但一直沒有人相信他的話，當他注意這不尋常的傳染現象後，便開始積極追蹤調查，除了試圖為自己過去的推論找到平反，也希望阻止這浩劫的發生…(Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：RIGHTS SOLD
North America: Delacorte, Summer 2012
Israel: Kinneret
Denmark: Forlaget Punktum
Spanish language: Editorial Viceversa
Serbia: Beoknjiga
Audio: Recorded Books
About the Author/作者介绍： STEPHEN MILLER is a Vancouver-based author and actor who has appeared on a variety of television shows including the DaVinci’s Inquest, DaVinci’s City Hall, X-Files and Millennium. He is the author of two acclaimed historical thrillers: Field of Mars and The Last Train to Kazan.
Stephen Miller，加拿大溫哥華作者，常參加當地討論達文西的電視節目。已出版兩部歷史驚悚小說《Field of Mars》 及《The Last Train to Kazan》。
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：RIGHTS SOLD：
North America: Bantam,2012
Israel: Kinneret
Denmark: Forlaget Punktum
Spain: Editorial Viceversa
Serbia: Beoknjiga
Mainland China: Yilin Press
Poland: Muza
Audio: Recorded Books
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