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Nuclear war, dystopian unrest, a genetic mutation that divides twins in life and unites them in death—the “refreshingly nuanced” (Booklist, starred review) first novel in award-winning poet Francesca Haig’s richly imagined and action-packed post-apocalyptic trilogy “is poised to become the next must-read hit” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Four hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse, all humans are born in pairs: the deformed Omegas, who are exploited and oppressed, and their Alpha twins, who have inherited the earth—or what’s left of it. But despite their claims of superiority, the Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: whenever one twin dies, so does the other.
Cass is a rare Omega whose mutation is psychic foresight—not that she needs it to know that as her powerful twin, Zach, ascends the ranks of the ruling Alpha Council, she’s in grave danger. Zach has a devastating plan for Omega annihilation. Cass has visions of an island where a bloody Omega resistance promises a life of freedom. But her real dream is to discover a middle way, one that would bring together the sundered halves of humanity. And that means both the Council and the resistance have her in their sights. But is she alone in her idealism that they can live peacefully side-by-side with the twins? And what will they do when they learn who her brother is?
烈火降世,雙子誕生,
一美一殘、一尊一卑。
生為手足,亦為死敵──最親密的,出手最狠。
即便生死相繫,活著的每一天,卻要彼此為敵,永無寧日。
滅世烈火過後四百年,倖存者從廢墟中重建……
初期人們無法受孕,幾乎滅種,然後,雙子降生。他們總是一個完美,一個殘缺。為了確保好種、排除劣種,雙子必須拆散教養,優秀的「阿爾法」日後統領社會;殘缺的「歐米伽」必須上繳稅金、感恩順服。
卡珊卓殘缺的不是外在,所以她跟雙生哥哥一直沒分開,直到詭異的「預知力」藏不住,她才被壓著燙上烙印,驅趕出城。但她的阿爾法哥哥沒有就此放過她,反而囚禁她,因為每個阿爾法都害怕有人攻擊他的雙生手足。這是雙生的詛咒,一個病,另一個就衰弱,一個死,另一個必然沒命。囚禁期間,卡珊卓吞忍一切,絕不洩漏自己預見的神祕島──那是歐米伽反叛軍基地,要靠她的預知力穿越迷宮般路徑才能找到。但,那真是歐米伽可以安心居住的藏身處,抑或是殘酷的葬身之地?
不給醜怪殘弱留一點餘地的世界,才是真正的末日。
【各界好評】
《烈焰雙生》文字瑰麗、意象殘酷,引人思考何謂身而為人,又為何而活。─《紐約時報》暢銷作家、《化學花園》系列作者蘿倫‧戴斯特法諾
《烈焰雙生》創造出意涵豐饒的故事與角色,一讀就彷彿身歷其境。千驚萬險的懸疑情節,透過雙生子連動的命運逐步推進,一路到底絕無冷場。─《科克斯書評》星級好評
《烈焰雙生》筆觸華美,引介一個殘酷黑暗又無情的末日世界,太壯觀了!─新小說網
《飢餓遊戲》《紅星革命》的書迷、熱愛反烏托邦文學的讀者,肯定會愛上《烈焰雙生》。─《圖書館期刊》星級好評
得獎詩人海格的文字華美又勾人,尤其擅長描繪孤絕荒涼之景。反烏托邦小說迷會愛上《烈焰雙生》的角色,他們冒險犯難、懷抱希望,在奮力顛覆保守權威的過程中,帶領讀者用一種全新角度來探討複雜的道德衝突。─《書單雜誌》星級好評
精準描摹劃分菁英與殘缺分子的冷酷世界,直指人們對完美的狂熱執迷。─《衛報》
奇幻迷與科幻迷終於等到一本結合兩種類型的好書了。─《浪漫時代雜誌》
令人屏息、情感激昂,是富含想像力、結構精巧、筆觸優美之作,再加上絕妙的迷人角色在連串狂誕暴力情感之中,傳遞關於人性的重要意義。─《星爆雜誌》
《烈焰雙生》無疑是個緊扣人心的故事…海格把整個敘事建構在主角與歐米伽同伴的真摯之愛上,關於他們的種種事蹟展現了海格的寫作之美。─LitReactor 文學論壇
這是我近年來讀過最棒的末日小說─黑暗又深刻,完全超乎我們對反烏托邦故事的想像。─Mary Sue 流行文化評論網站