Crossed

第一行文字暫停我的思路，讓我流下淚水。不知道為什麼，我只知道這一行文字讓我的心靈受到前所未有的撼動。

　　切勿溫馴的走入那永恆之夜。
　　切勿溫馴的走入那永恆之夜，
　　白晝將盡之時，垂垂老者應竭力燃燒、全力咆哮。
　　狂怒吧，狂怒吧，奮力抵抗生命之光的熄滅。
　　雖在臨終之時，智者知悉黑暗乃理應之結局，
　　然而，他們拒絕溫馴的走入那永恆之夜，
　　直到他們的話語能擦出電光之火。

　　「社會國」將他們配對在一起，而真愛，讓他們自由！

　　為了尋找一個或許並不存在的未來、為了決定和誰一起分享這個未來，卡希雅前往外圍省分尋找被社會國送往死地的凱伊，卻發現他已逃離，只留下一連串線索。

　　在這場冒險中，卡希雅開始質疑許多根深蒂固的思想，同時也一窺境外生活的浮光掠影。即將下定決心和凱伊攜手走向未來，卡希雅卻獲得加入反抗勢力的機會，也遭遇意外的背叛。而可能掌握革命的關鍵、在卡希雅的心中也依然占有一席之地的薩德突然到訪，整場遊戲因而再次改變。

　　社會國邊境的一切全都難以預料，欺騙與背叛讓這條路更加崎嶇難行。

　　The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy

　　In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

　　Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.

　　★本書中譯版《交錯：完美世界系列II》由尖端出版。

作者簡介

艾莉．康迪（Ally Condie）

　　曾任高中英文教師（現在仍保有教師資格，以防萬一！），現與丈夫及三個兒子居住於猶他州鹽湖城郊區。

　　Ally Condie (www.matched-book.com) lives with her husband and three sons outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.