Her Radiant Curse

 
★ 《紐約時報》暢銷書Six Crimson Cranes作者，精心建構的宇宙觀加上南亞的神秘文化，今夏最令人期待奇幻小說
 
　　一個詛咒，讓兩姐妹為了拯救彼此，必須挺身一戰。
 
　　查妮的父親本來打算將剛出生的女兒凡娜獻給女巫安格瑪，以求換得妻子免於一死，但父親被凡娜的美麗迷惑，改為獻上三歲的查妮，沒想到蛇王竟救了查妮。憤怒的安格瑪為此詛咒查妮臉上長滿蛇鱗，但她承諾只要查妮在凡娜17歲時將她獻給女巫，她就會解除詛咒，否則就將奪走姐妹倆的性命。
 
　　查妮因為臉上的蛇鱗，備受村人厭惡，但美麗的凡娜卻總是吸引所有人目光。兩姊妹懸殊的外表，卻不影響兩人的感情。對查妮來說，凡娜是全村唯一不把她當成怪物，真正看見她，同時也是她最重要且信賴的人。
 
　　父親為17歲的凡娜安排了一場競標會，邀請當地的王室競標與凡娜的婚事。沒想到凡娜與王子的婚事竟因此被殘暴的國王破壞了，查妮代替王子與國王決鬥，雖然取勝，卻遭到國王綁架。此時女巫安格瑪開始追獵姐妹倆，查妮該如何運用智慧與凡娜相聚呢？
 
　　Her Radiant Curse 是一個描述姐妹情深的故事，作者將《決戰王妃》以及《美女與野獸》式的經典童話元素交織在一起，描繪出一個引人入勝的故事。精心建構的宇宙觀以及快節奏的故事線，讓這本書完全發揮奇幻小說魅力，探索美麗的陰暗面以及南亞風情與神話。

　　From the New York Times bestselling author of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a tale of two sisters—one as beautiful as the other is monstrous—who must fight to save each other when a betrothal contest gone wrong unleashes an evil that could sever their bond forever.

　　One sister must fall for the other to rise.

　　Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn’t see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts.

　　Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a vulgar contest that will enrich the coffers of the village leaders. Only Channi, who’s had to rely on her strength and cunning all these years, can defend her sister against the cruelest of the suitors. But in doing so, she becomes the target of his wrath—launching a grisly battle royale, a quest over land and sea, a romance between sworn enemies, and a choice that will strain Channi’s heart to its breaking point.

　　Weaving together elements of The Selection and Ember in the Ashes with classic tales like Beauty and the Beast, Helen of Troy, and Asian folklore, Elizabeth Lim is at the absolute top of her game in this thrilling yet heart-wrenching fantasy that explores the dark side of beauty and the deepest bonds of sisterhood.