紫憶的異想世界

全系列共3集，中文版由尖端出版，已完結

闇黑之心      2015-05-08      (原文於2012-12-18出版)

無盡永晝      2015-07-07      (原文於2013-10-15出版)

殘月餘暉      2015-09-15      (原文於2014-10-28出版)

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內容簡介：

第一集：

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

當Ruby十歲生日那天醒來，關於她的一些事情變了。一些足以使她父母警戒到將她鎖在車庫並報警的事。一些讓她被送到Thurmond，一個殘酷的政府「康復營」的事。她可能在殺了大部分美國兒童的神秘疾病中存活下來，但她和其他人浮現了一些更糟的事：他們不能控制的令人恐懼的能力。

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

現在十六歲，Ruby是那群最危險的人之一。

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

當真相揭露，Ruby差點不能活著逃出Thurmond。現在她在逃亡中，拼命想找到留給像她一樣的孩子的安全避風港──東河。她加入了一群逃離他們營的孩子。Liam，他們勇敢的領導者，非常迷戀Ruby。但不論她有多渴望他，Ruby不願冒險靠得更近。尤其是在她父母發生的事之後。

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.

當他們抵達東河，沒有事情是像看起來那樣，尤其是它的神祕領導者。但還有其他勢力在運作，那些無論發生什麼事都不會在他們對抗政府的抗爭停止利用Ruby的人。Ruby將會面臨一個可怕的抉擇，一個可能意味著放棄她生命中值得活下去的唯一的機會。

第二集：

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster.

Ruby從沒要求那些幾乎要了她的命的能力。現在她必須每天使用它，領導危險的任務以打倒腐敗的政府並進入她敵人的腦海。兒童聯盟裡的其他小孩稱Ruby為領導者，但她知道她真正是什麼：一個怪物。

When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her.

當Ruby被委託一個爆炸性的秘密，她必須著手開始她目前為止最危險的任務：留下兒童聯盟。關於殺死大多數美國兒童並將Ruby與其他活下來的人轉變為被人恐懼及厭惡的棄兒的疾病的重要資訊在每個欲消滅它的企圖中存留下來。但真相只保存在一個地方：Liam Stewart手上的隨身碟，Ruby曾經以為是她的未來的男孩──而他現在不會認得她。

As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself?

當Ruby動身穿越一個險惡、沒有法律的國家來尋找Liam──和關於那場同時撕裂她的人生和美國兩者的災難的解答──她在老朋友和她做的效忠聯盟的承諾間被撕扯。Ruby會做任事來保護她愛的人。但萬一贏得戰爭意味著失去自己？

第三集：

Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds.

Ruby不能回頭。被不能忍受的損失擊潰，她和那些在政府攻擊下倖存的孩子往北移動。和他們一起的是一個囚犯：Clancy Gray，總統的兒子，少數幾個Ruby遇到和她有一樣能力的人之一。只有Ruby有超過他的能力，而只要一個疏忽就可能導致Clancy在他們腦海裡造成大破壞。

They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids.

他們只因一個爆炸性的秘密被武裝起來：一個政府陰謀掩蓋IAAN，那場殺了大部分美國兒童並給了Ruby和其他像她一樣的人政府願意殺人也要保持控制的能力的疾病真正原因的證據。但內部的衝突可能毀掉他們解救康復營裡其他數以千計的小孩的唯一機會。

Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother, to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.

同時，和Liam，她會──也做了──犧牲一切讓他活下來的男孩團聚了，Ruby必須面對竄改他對她的記憶的痛苦後果。她轉向Cole，他的哥哥，來提供她知道她在對抗Gray和政府會需要的劇烈訓練。但Cole也有自己的心魔，而一個致命的錯誤可能會成為點燃整個世界的火花。

以上簡介摘錄自goodreads，中文是我自己翻的，

這系列在goodreads的評分還蠻高的，第一集破萬人評分又超過4.3顆星，

而且二三集的評分完全沒有下降還略微上升，

簡介也很吸引我，所以一直對這系列很有高的興趣。

另外這系列電影版權由二十世紀福斯買下，

將由松林異境影集製作人Chad Hodge改編。

以下是外文版書封：

The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)

Never Fade (The Darkest Minds, #2)

In The Afterlight (The Darkest Minds, #3)

還有兩本電子書短篇番外：

In Time (The Darkest Minds, #1.5)

Sparks Rise (The Darkest Minds, #2.5)

這兩篇短篇加上一篇新的短篇Beyond the Night會出成一本合集：

Through the Dark (The Darkest Minds, #1.5, #2.5, #3.5)

澳洲版：

德國版：

波蘭版：

番外：

作者又寫了另一個二部曲Passenger系列，

Passenger (Passenger, #1)

Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)

這系列中文版權也是由尖端獲得，不知道什麼時候會出中文版。