The Dark Divine

　　葛蕾絲和丹尼爾是形影不離的童年玩伴，但三年前發生的一場意外，永遠的改變了兩人的命運。那晚，丹尼爾和她哥哥裘德一起出門，卻沒有一起回來；裘德回到家時渾身是血，幾乎送了命，丹尼爾則消聲匿跡，沒有人知道他去了哪裡。

　　從此，「丹尼爾」這三個字成為家中的禁語；那晚發生的意外，也成為不能說的祕密。

　　三年後，丹尼爾再次出現在她面前。但他已經不是葛蕾絲認識的那個丹尼爾；他不斷躲避她，用冷漠的態度逼她離開，但葛蕾絲卻感覺到，他的內心傷痕累累，變得比以前更加脆弱。

　　像是伴隨著丹尼爾的歸來，鎮上近來開始發生猶如野獸攻擊人的事件。對於此事，丹尼爾、裘德，甚至是她父親似乎都略知一二。但她父親不願意透露隻字片語，裘德則不斷暗示，丹尼爾已經不是她所熟稔的那個鄰家男孩，他是殺人兇手，是犯下所有事件的元兇。

　　葛蕾絲不願意相信丹尼爾會做出這種殘忍的事，但他頻頻閃躲的態度卻讓她日漸疑惑。這三年間，丹尼爾到底發生了什麼變化？為什麼他明明回來她身邊，卻不斷把她從他身邊推開？為什麼，丹尼爾說，他的靈魂終有一天會墮入地獄、萬劫不復？

　　所有的疑惑，在父親將「那個盒子」交給她後都得到了解答。她明白，丹尼爾回到鎮上是為了尋求「救贖」，而她，就是他的「救贖」……

　　Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in blood--but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night held.

　　The memories her family has tried to bury resurface when Daniel returns, three years later, and enrolls in Grace and Jude's high school. Despite promising Jude she'll stay away, Grace cannot deny her attraction to Daniel's shocking artistic abilities, his way of getting her to look at the world from new angles, and the strange, hungry, glint in his eyes.

　　The closer Grace gets to Daniel, the more she jeopardizes her life, as her actions stir resentment in Jude and drive him to embrace the ancient evil Daniel unleashed that horrific night. Grace must discover the truth behind the boys' dark secret...and the cure that can save the ones she loves. But she may have to lay down the ultimate sacrifice to do it--her soul.

　　★本書中譯版《黑暗救贖》由高寶出版。

作者簡介

布莉．妲絲潘　Bree Despain

　　當她暫停了一學期的大學學業，專心於寫作及替來自紐約和費城的貧困孩子指導戲劇時，也從中重拾了創作故事的樂趣。現與丈夫、兩名兒子和最愛的「數位錄放影機」居住在猶他州鹽湖城。

　　Bree Despain rediscovered her childhood love for creating stories when she took a semester off college to write and direct plays for at-risk, inner-city teens from Philadelphia and New York. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband, two young sons, and her beloved TiVo. You can visit her online at www.breedespain.com.