三民網路書店「飢餓遊戲」作者蘇珊．柯林斯奇想冒險處女作！
為了阻止致命的瘟疫繼續蔓延，葛瑞格深入叢林中尋找解藥。
他能夠拯救自己所愛的人，以及地底國的無數性命嗎？
這是葛瑞格所經歷過最忐忑不安的冬天。
先是被「熱血預言」弄得整天心神不寧，加上盧克薩等人依舊生死未卜，
如今，老皮又帶來他的結盟夥伴阿瑞斯性命垂危的消息。
原來在他離開後，地底國爆發了一場名為「熱血之禍」的瘟疫；
這種傳染病就像是對恆溫動物的詛咒，藉由血液和跳蚤不斷擴散開來，
在解藥調配成功之前，所有罹病者只有一個下場－－死亡。
為了尋找製作解藥的材料，葛瑞格必須穿越一座極為凶險的叢林，
但他沒有料到，有位比吃人藤蔓還讓人意外的人物正在那裡等著他，
那個人不僅掌握了任務成敗，也掌握了葛瑞格和其他人的性命……
In the third installment of The Underland Chronicles, Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland.
Book Two left off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuses to let Gregor return to the Underland ...until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are needed only for a short meeting, which the crawlers will attend only if their "princess" Boots is present. Gregor's mom finally relents, but on the condition that she go with them so they aren't out of her sight.
★本書中譯版《地底王國 3 熱血之禍》由奇幻基地出版。
作者簡介
蘇珊．柯林斯（Suzanne Collins）
蘇珊．柯林斯早年從事電視編劇的工作，因受經典名著《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》的啟發，構思出「地底王國」（The Underland Chronicles）系列。她成功創造出一個具幻想色彩的地底世界，書中的角色勇敢迷人又具有教育意義，出版後獲得廣大回響，除了蟬聯《紐約時報》排行榜，更獲選為《紐約時報》最佳讀物、「紐約公共圖書館100本值得閱讀與分享的好書」、新大西洋獨立書商協會（NAIBA）年度最佳小說等多項大獎。
2008年9月，新作「飢餓遊戲」出版，不僅得到驚悚大師史蒂芬．金和《暮光之城》作者史蒂芬妮．梅爾等知名作家的肯定，甚至被《時代雜誌》遴選為年度「百大影響力人物」，成為全球知名的暢銷作家。
儘管寫作功力不斷獲得肯定，但是柯林斯始終保持低調，目前與家人一起住在美國康乃迪克州。
Suzanne Collins has had a successful and prolific career writing for children's television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Collins made her mark in children's literature with the New York Times bestselling five-book series for middle-grade readers The Underland Chronicles, which has received numerous accolades in both the United States and abroad. In the award-winning The Hunger Games trilogy, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.
