House of Dark Shadows

如果你喜歡毛骨悚然的神秘故事，這棟房子正適合你！
─《恐怖街》與《雞皮疙瘩》系列作者R.L.史坦 (R. L. Stine)

　　一部充滿冒險、超現實和奇幻元素的青少年冒險小說！！

　　這棟房子鬧鬼了，但鬼不是鬼，是時光！

　　青少年小說《奇幻之屋》(Dreamhouse Kings)系列第一集《黯影幢幢》(The House of Dark Shadows) 故事的一開始，主角──十五歲的少年桑德．金(Xander King)隨家人從洛城遷居到小鎮潘戴(Pinedale)，喜歡拍攝影片的他對這個安靜無聊的小地方感到非常失望，但所幸有一個地方吸引了他和弟弟大衛、妹妹托莉亞的注意，那是他們維多利亞式、房間眾多的新家和屋後的大片密林。三兄妹很快就發現這個屋子不太尋常，有奇怪的聲響、不明的大腳印，而且當大衛躲在衣櫥玩躲貓貓時，衣櫥竟突然變成學校編號119的置物櫃；最最怪異的是他們發現一個可以通往過去世界的通道，裡面有通往不同時空的許多路徑。桑德躍躍欲試，但這趟旅程究竟是遊樂園般的童話之旅，還是會演變成可怕的夢魘，誰也不知道。

　　Dream house . . . or bad dream?

　　When the Kings move from L.A. to a secluded small town, fifteen-year-old Xander is beyond disappointed. He and his friends loved to create amateur films . . . but the tiny town of Pinedale is the last place a movie buff and future filmmaker wants to land.

　　But he, David, and Toria are captivated by the many rooms in the old Victorian fixer-upper they moved into--as well as the heavy woods surrounding the house.

　　They soon discover there's something odd about the house. Sounds come from the wrong directions. Prints of giant, bare feet appear in the dust. And when David tries to hide in the linen closet, he winds up in locker 119 at his new school.

　　Then the really weird stuff kicks in: they find a hidden hallway with portals leading off to far-off places--in long-ago times. Xander is starting to wonder if this kind of travel is a teen's dream come true . . . or his worst nightmare.

　　★本書中譯版《奇幻之屋首部曲：暗影幢幢》由大智通出版。

作者簡介

勞伯．李保羅(Robert Liparulo)

　　勞伯．李保羅的成人小說《Comes a Horseman》(暫譯《馬術師》)、《Germ》(暫譯《菌類》)、《Deadfall》(暫譯《陷阱》)、《Deadlock》(暫譯《僵局》)，以及青少年暢銷小說奇幻之屋系列均大受好評。他與妻子及四名子女現居美國科羅拉多州。

　　ROBERT LIPARULO is an award-winning author of over a thousand published articles and short stories, and he has written and sold the rights to several motion pictures. Currently a contributing editor for New Man magazine, his work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Travel & Leisure, Self, and more. In addition, he previously worked as a celebrity journalist, interviewing Stephen King, Tom Clancy, Charlton Heston, and others.