Elemental Assassin @ 紫憶的異想世界

全系列共？集

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其實比起同作者的Mythos Academy，

我一開始是先注意到這系列的，

這系列的整體評價看起來更好，

又是我喜歡的黑暗都會奇幻風格。

以下摘錄一些作者官網的Q&A：

Question: What are the Elemental Assassin books about?

問：Elemental Assassin這系列是關於什麼的？

Answer: The Elemental Assassin books are set in the fictional Southern metropolis of Ashland, where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina meet in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. The books focus on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in her spare time. Gin is also an elemental or person who can control one of the four elements – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone. Gin has the rare gift of being able to control two elements, Ice and Stone in her case. Besides elementals like Gin, Ashland is also home to giants, dwarves, and vampires.

答： Elemental Assassin系列設定在田納西州、維吉尼亞州和北卡羅萊納州於阿帕拉契山心臟地帶交會處的虛構南方大都市Ashland。這系列書的焦點集中在Gin Blanco，一位在空閒時間經營一家叫做Pork Pit烤肉餐廳的代號蜘蛛的刺客。Gin也是元素術師，可以操控四元素之一──氣、火、冰、石。Gin有罕見的天賦可以操控兩種，冰和石。除了像Gin一樣的元素術師外，Ashland也是巨人、侏儒和吸血鬼的家鄉。

作者也提到了關於都會奇幻的說明，

Question: What exactly is urban fantasy?

問：到底什麼是都會奇幻？

Answer: Urban fantasy is a genre that’s really exploded in popularity in recent years. Urban fantasy books are usually set in a contemporary world (one with cars, electricity, etc.) that also features magic and magical creatures of some sort. Elementals, vampires, giants, dwarves, demons, elves, selkies, trolls, witches, wizards – all those and more can be found in urban fantasy books.

答：都會奇幻是近年來大受歡迎的一個分類。都會奇幻通常設定在當代世界(有車、電力...等)，也以魔法和某些種類的魔法生物為特色。元素、吸血鬼、巨人、矮人、惡魔、小精靈、selkies、巨魔、女巫、巫師──所有這些以及更多都可以在都會奇幻的書中見到。

In urban fantasy, the focus is usually one main character, and the story is often told in the first-person point of view. Readers follow this one character through her various trials and tribulations. Examples of urban fantasy include my Elemental Assassin series, the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and the Hollows/Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison, among many others.

在都會奇幻中，焦點經常集中在一個主角上，且故事通常是第一人稱敘述。讀者跟著這個角色經歷她各式各樣的試煉和磨難。都會奇幻的例子包括我的Elemental Assassin系列，吉姆．布契的巫師神探系列，及金.哈莉森的死亡女巫系列，還有很多其他的。

另外這系列作者官網說是十八禁的喔XD

原文資料來源為作者官網，中文是我自己翻的。

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