NEPTUNE’S TEARS

Book ID/图书代码： 10880012B53442

English Summary/英文概要： How far would you go for the person you love?

It’s 2218 AD and life is good. Zee McAdams is in her second year as a healing empath when the thing she swore would never happen to her happens. A young man shows up in her ER room and pierces her hard-won calm. He is, after all, an alien  floaters, as the slang goes, the universal bottom of the barrel. The more time Zee spends with David the more she likes him, and the more questions she has. Before these questions are answered, Zee and David will acknowledge their love, lose each other, and risk their lives to be together. When David finally reveals the truth  that he’s a time traveller sent to harvest treasures soon be destroyed by a meteor that leaves Earth in ruins  Zee faces an even harsher set of questions. Will she betray David to warn her friends and family? Or will she follow him to a future a thousand years away? A future that has no place for her and from which she can never return.

Selling points:
Futuristic ER meets Time Traveller’s Wife
Strong grounded characters who struggle to do what’s right.
Imaginative, well-researched and plausible science fiction.
A realistic future that forces difficult choices but also holds adventure and opportunity.
Characters who face issues today’s teens will relate to, such as prejudice, assimilation, and the challenge of making one’s own way in the world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 为所爱之人，你愿意付出多少？

公元2218年，生活很美好。泽伊•麦克亚当斯作为一名他心通治疗师（他心通：科幻小说中一种可以探知和影响他人思维或情感的超自然能力）的工作已经进入了第二个年头，然而今年，一件她曾发誓绝不可能发生在自己身上的事情发生了。一名年轻男子出现在她的诊室中，并一举打破了她一直以来辛苦扮演的冷静形象。他是一名漂流者，是人们所熟知的宇宙另一端的外星人；然而，经过一段时间的相处，泽伊发现自己越来越喜欢大卫，与此同时她的疑惑也不断增加。在这些问题一一得到解决之前，泽伊和大卫将明白各自的心意，他们将失去对方，也将冒着生命危险再度走到一起。最终大卫揭开了谜团---他是一名奉命前来收获财富的时间旅行者，同时地球即将被一颗流星摧毁，这一消息使得情势更加严峻。泽伊会背叛大卫，去通知自己的亲人和朋友们吗？又或者她会更随他前往一千年以外的未来？在那里不会有她的立足之地，并且一旦选择，便无路可退。

本书卖点：

未来诊室和时间旅行者的妻子。

拥有坚强性格和踏实精神的主人公，为正义而奋斗。

一部充满想象力却又真实可信的科幻小说。

一段真实的未来：或许不得不为此做出艰难的选择，但却也充满各种冒险与可能。

书中角色面临着当今青少年们都将面临的问题，比如偏见，比如同化，以及选择属于自己的人生道路。(DC)

Awards/获奖情况：版权已售：美国，德国

’绝对原创----作为主干的爱情故事十分精彩，结尾更是令人赞不绝口。有些与众不同的科幻小说，有点吓人，却极为适合任何一名拥有强烈好奇心的读者。 ’温迪•库林, 评论员

达米恩•凯勒，评论员

罗西•拉什顿, 畅销书作者

Rights sold: US, German

’Completely original – the central love story is wonderful and I was amazed and surprised by the ending. It’s sci-fi with a difference and its premise is terrifying . . . a book for curious minds. ’ Wendy Cooling, reviewer

Damian Kelleher, reviewer

Rosie Rushton, bestselling author

About the Author/作者介绍： 苏珊•瓦高那早在我识字以前，成为作家便已经是我的一个梦想了。一直以来，对我而言，书都拥有着一股特别的魔力，直到有一天，大约四岁时，我才突然意识到，原来那一行行难懂的黑色标记讲述了一个个故事。那一刻我豁然开朗。我想要成为一名可以主宰这些黑色标志的人，我想成为一名作家。

我喜爱青年文学作品，虽然他们都无外乎是一些浪漫故事和流言蜚语，随着时间的流逝他们终将不再有趣，但沉淀了几年后，当你带着一颗想象的新去重阅时，你会发现他们也更加深刻起来。反乌托邦式的小说固然有趣，但那真的就是未来的唯一可能图景吗？我收到了许多家长传递的信息，他们希望我能够创作出一些更为有趣且不乏浪漫元素的作品，并借此抛开政治压迫的束缚。

泽伊作为一名他心通，这一职业也是我在脑海中构画了很久的，但每当我开始写作，原先的构想便难以照计划走下去，在这本书中，同样是泽伊和大卫告诉了我故事的发展走向，是他们填补了我忽视的点滴细节。

在我内心深处，我深深的相信所有的故事都正在某个地方真实的发生和上演着。一名作者的工作，正如泽伊的一样，那便是将一切外界的干扰摈除在外，从而专心致志的描绘出真实的现实。

Susan Waggoner I wanted to be a writer before I could read. Books had always seemed magical to me and one day, when I was about four years old, I suddenly understood that the indecipherable rows of black marks were what was telling the story. It was a lightning bolt moment. I wanted to be the one in charge of the black marks.

I enjoyed YA, but YA got into a romance and gossip rut until a few years ago, when it became much more imaginative and sophisticated. The dystopian novels were more interesting but is this really the only vision of the future? I heard many parents echo the same concern and thought it would be fun to see if I could write something exciting and romantic without the hook of oppressive governments.

Zee’s career as an empath was something I’d been thinking about for a long time, but, as often happens when I began to write, it was Zee and David who showed me how the story really went, filling in parts I’d missed.

In my heart of hearts, I believe all stories happened somewhere and sometime. The writer’s job, like Zee’s, is to shut out daily distractions to describe that other reality.

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