約翰．康納利（John Connolly）

西元1968年生於愛爾蘭都柏林，經歷豐富，曾擔任過記者、酒保、服務生、倫敦哈洛德百貨公司的雜工、地方公務員等等。他曾於愛爾蘭三一學院修習英語，並於都柏林市立大學主修新聞學，之後五年在愛爾蘭時報（The Irish Times）擔任自由記者。

1999年，康納利以《奪命旅人》出道。這本驚悚小說以追查殺死妻女真凶的退休警探帕克為主角，創下了英美版權史上第二高價的新人預付版稅紀錄，令康納利成為夏姆斯獎（Shamus Award）。首位非美籍得獎者，並奠定其「愛爾蘭驚悚大師」之地位。2003年，以The White Road獲得英國最佳犯罪小說獎的Barry Award。

Book Description

Everything you can imagine is real

High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angery and he is alone, with only the books on his shelf for company.

But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved by his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy world have begun to meld. The Crooked Man has come, with his mocking smile and his enigmatic words:"Welcome, your majesty. All hail the new king."

And as war rages across Europe, David is violently propelled into a land that is both a construct of his imagination yet frighteningly real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book...

Don't miss John Connolly's terrifying bestsellers EVER DEAD THING, DARK HOLLOW, THE KILLING KIND, THE WHITE ROAD, BAD MEN, THE BLACK ANGEL and NOCTURNES - his collection of spine-chilling short stories - all available in Hodder paperback. Visit John's website at www.johnconnolly.co.uk.

Book Dimension

length: (cm)17.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.2