THE ROMANOV CROSS: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240012B53185
English Summary/英文概要：
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 来自《血与冰》（BLOOD AND ICE ）和《美杜莎的护身符》（THE MEDUSA AMULET ）的作者，我们又迎来了这位当代惊悚界无人能匹敌的作品，结合其历史性迷雾，这样的作品也适合喜爱斯蒂夫·贝里（Steve Berry ）和道格拉斯·普利斯顿（ Douglas Preston）的书迷。
这个叫阿拉斯加的小岛正是作者这部新作的地点之所在。法兰克·斯莱特（Frank Slater）博士是一位流行病学家，曾经为挽救一名阿富汗女孩的性命而不惜违背军令，被部队开除。但他只剩下这一条路可以挽回自己在当局眼中的声誉。全球变暖已经威胁到阿拉斯堪的冻土层，溶化的冰露出的俄国的古墓。这些古时的死者很多人因而感染一种西班牙流感致死，并且一跃成为最可怕的流行病。现在能救大家的只有法兰克博士和他的团队。然而，古墓背后竟还藏有秘密－俄罗斯历史上最持久的谜团之一的答案。(XJJ & CK)
Awards/获奖情况：他的非小说类书籍涵盖广泛的主题，从隐匿 - 《堕落天使......黑暗和提高地狱的精神：一个黑色艺术简史》(Fallen Angels…and Spirits of the Dark and Raising Hell) - 写作生活的各个方面，包括《一个圈内的朋友：给试图突破到电视写作的人的诚实意见，作家告白》(A Friend in the Business: Honest Advice for Anyone Trying to Break into Television Writing, Writer Tells All)，（"洛杉矶时报“平装本畅销书），还有《罗伯特的写作规则》(Robert’s Rules of Writing)，被巴恩斯和诺布尔书店(Barnes and Noble) 选为返学校的必读书。
《血和冰》，他前一部小说，是一个超自然的冒险，从克里米亚战场到现今的南极冰冻遗物，也是由Bantam/Random House于2009年出版。其他小说包括《木灵》(The Spirit Wood)，《黑色的地平线》(Black Horizon)，《私人恶魔》(Private Demons)，《动物寓言》(Bestiary)，还有“今日美国”的畅销书，《守夜》(Vigil)。他的书已被译成十几种语言。
A former Army epidemiologist contends with greedy locals and the harsh Alaskan terrain in order to prevent the recurrence of a deadly pandemic.
Army major and renowned epidemiologist Frank Slater was stunned to hear he wouldn’t be serving any jail time after his conviction for punching a senior officer. The reason soon becomes clear: Right after his trial concludes, the chief of pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology tells him he must select a top-notch team and report immediately to a graveyard in an abandoned Russian colony on a remote island in the middle of the Bering Strait. The graveyard is full of the frozen and thus still potentially infected remains of victims of the Spanish flu that killed millions in 1918. During a recent shipwreck near the island, crabber Harley Vane was saved by clinging to the lid of a coffin he’d just caught in his net, leading the authorities to believe that one or more of the graves had been compromised. But while Slater and his team are making their way to Alaska, Vane is directed by his wheelchair-bound brother, Charlie, to return to the island to see if there is any more loot to match the striking emerald-studded silver cross Vane found in the coffin that saved his life. Little do the Vane brothers know that if the graves are disturbed, a deadly pandemic might be unleashed upon the world. Interposed with the present-day narrative is the story of Anastasia Romanov—the daughter of the ill-fated last czar of Russia, who was given the emerald cross, along with a strange prophecy, by Rasputin himself—who manages to escape the slaughter of her family. Masello (The Medusa Amulet, 2011, etc.) weaves several disparate genres—medical thriller, historical novel, ghost story—into a coherent whole. A delicious sense of creeping dread permeates the first act, greatly enhanced by its setting in the stark but beautiful landscape of northwestern Alaska. While the novel builds to a tense climax, the final act drags just a hair, but the payoff is an extremely satisfying conclusion.
“Compelling . . . The book grabbed me from the start and never really let go. . . . If you are looking for a good thriller with overtones of the end of the world then this one certainly has enough to keep you glued to your seat.”—The Big Thrill
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特.马谢罗(Robert Masello)是一名得奖的记者，电视作家，和许多小说和非小说类书籍的畅销书作家。离开你我比较有出息
他的最新作品，《美杜莎的护身符》(Medusa Amulet)是以文艺复兴时期的雕塑家和金匠，本韦努托.切利尼(Benvenuto Cellini)的一生和作品为主题的科幻惊悚小说。和前一部小说，《血和冰》(Blood and Ice)一样，《美杜莎的护身符》把历史事实和黑暗的幻想混合为一，带着读者进入跨洲和百年之旅，从意大利佛罗伦萨的奇法院到古罗马的斗兽场，从法国大革命的城墙到第三帝国议会的最内部。
他的文章，散文和评论经常出现在各种杂志，如《纽约》(New York)，《城市和乡村》(Town and Country)，《旅游和休闲》(Travel and Leisure)，《人物》(People)，《红皮书》(Redbook)，《游行》(Parade)，《魅力》(Glamour)，《哈珀坊》(Harper’s Bazaar)，《艾莉》(Elle)，《电视指南》(TV Guide)，《男子期刊》(Men’s Journal)，《出版者周刊》(Publisher’s Weekly)，《丽都》(Cosmopolitan)，Westways，和《威尔逊季刊》(The Wilson Quarterly)等。报纸包括《华盛顿邮报》(The Washington Post)，《新闻日报》(Newsday)，《芝加哥论坛报》(The Chicago Tribune)，和《洛杉矶时报》(The Los Angeles Times)。
他为了几个流行的电视连续剧写作，其中有美国CBS，FOX，USA，Showtime和科幻频道播出。他制作的作品包括这些节目：“早期版本”(Early Edition)，“迷住”(Charmed)，“滑杆”(Sliders)，和“鬼驱：遗产”(Poltergeist: the Legacy)。
生于伊利诺州的埃文斯顿市，马谢罗在普林斯顿大学里在杰弗·沃尔夫(Geoffrey Wolff)和罗伯特·史东(Robert Stone)底下研究写作，从2002年至2008年担任克莱蒙马克恩纳学院(Claremont McKenna College)的客座文学讲师。他现局美国加州圣莫尼卡(Santa Monica，CA)。
ROBERT MASELLO is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the bestselling author of many novels and nonfiction books.
His newest novel, The Medusa Amulet (Bantam/Random House, 2011) is a supernatural thriller based on the life and works of the Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith, Benvenuto Cellini. Like its predecessor, Blood and Ice, The Medusa Amulet mixes historical fact with dark fantasy, and takes its readers on a journey across continents and centuries, from the Medici court in Florence to the Coliseum in Rome, from the ramparts of the French Revolution to the innermost councils of the Third Reich.
His articles, essays and reviews have appeared often in such magazines as New York, Town and Country, Travel and Leisure, People, Redbook, Parade, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, TV Guide, Men’s Journal, Publisher’s Weekly,Cosmopolitan, Westways, and The Wilson Quarterly. Newspapers include The Washington Post, Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, and The Los Angeles Times.
He has written for several popular television series, which have aired on CBS, FOX, USA, Showtime and the Sci-Fi Channel. His produced credits include such shows as "Early Edition," "Charmed," "Sliders," and "Poltergeist: the Legacy."
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Publishers THE ROMANOV CROSS: Czech (Dokoran), German (Fischer), Hungarian (XXI Szazad), Italian (Newton Compton), Japanese (Ta-ke Shobo), Polish (JK), Russian (Byblos), Spanish (Algaida), UK/BC (Vintage)
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