FADE TO BLACK

Book ID/图书代码： 07980012B55502

English Summary/英文概要： Mahala: a city built in the dark depths of a valley. A city built up in layers, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings balance precariously upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from its lofty perch at the sunlit summit & where the forsaken lurk in the shadowy depths of the Pit.

Rojan is a bounty hunter trying to make his way in the city. Everyone knows he’s a womaniser, a shirker of all responsibility, but they don’t know he’s also a pain-mage: able to draw magic from his own & other people’s pain. He’s not keen on using it (not least because it’s outlawed), but when his niece is abducted and taken to the dark depths of the Pit, he may just be forced to unleash his power . . .

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 從山谷深處升起的馬哈拉Mahala市。
這是一座向上游走，而不是縱橫建造的城市。這座城市中的街道建築在另一條街道之上，房屋建築在另一座房屋之上。統治這座城市的行政部門源自可以終年享受到陽光的最高階層，而那些潛伏在黑暗中下方的城民則被這座城市的管理部門所拋棄。
Rojan Dizon並不介意自己終年呆在陰影中，因為他有需要掩埋的往事。而這些往事像一個痛苦的法師，讓他從痛苦中把禁用的力量中汲取魔力。但他不可能永遠躲藏下去。
因為當Rojan偶然發現這個秘密隱藏在礦坑的深處時，Mahala的命運將全賴於他所使用的魔力。而這一切對Rojan來說 – 將會帶來一定的痛楚。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Entrancing world-building based around the concept of a unique vertical fantasy city
Central character with a highly commercial voice, and a compelling noir plot
Combines the fantastical imagination of China Mieville, the murky atmosphere of SIN CITY, and the pacing of Scott Lynch.
An Orbit international title for worldwide coordinated promotion
What if the world you lived in was fuelled by a powerful magic that could only be produced through pain? What if the only way to keep the city functioning was through death?
Mahala: a city built in the dark depths of a valley. A city built up in layers, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings balance precariously upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from its lofty perch at the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the shadowy depths of the Pit.
Rojan: a bounty hunter trying to make his way in the city. Everyone knows he’s a womaniser, a shirker of all responsibility. But they don’t know he’s also a pain-mage: able to draw magic from his own and other people’s pain. He’s not keen on using it (not least because it’s outlawed). But today isn’t Rojan’s day. His latest bounty almost killed him three times; his girlfriends all found out about each other and smashed up his rooms; and now his niece has been kidnapped and taken to the dark depths of the Pit. He may, therefore, just be forced to unleash his power.

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‘A great fantasy debut... The beginning of something really quite brilliant... very highly recommended’

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‘Top notch prose alongside a cast that really adds flavour all round makes this a cracking debut’

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About the Author/作者介绍： 法蘭西斯•奈特生於英格蘭的蘇塞克斯郡。她曾在（西班牙的）巴利阿裏群島從事過許多不同工作。
當她閒暇時，喜歡閱讀科幻類文學小說，和孩子們一起扮演英國喜劇六人團體蒙提•派森巨蟒劇團的經典臺詞，並大膽探索人類新文明。想要知道法蘭西斯•奈特的更多信息，請登錄她的博客或是微博網站。

Francis Knight was born and lives in Sussex, England. She has held a variety of jobs from being a groom in the Balearics, where she punched a policeman and got away with it, to an IT administrator.

When not living in her own head, she enjoys SF&F geekery, WWE geekery, teaching her children Monty Python quotes, and boldly going and seeking out new civilizations. Find out more about Francis Knight on her blog or on twitter @Knight_Francis.

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