内容简介
Itwasamorninglikeanyother,frigidandgray,whenEmilySnowtooktothestreetsofVictorianLondontoearnthepenniesthatwouldkeepherandherlittlebrotheraliveforanotherday.Butachanceturningtookherthroughadarkalley,andthereEmilywitnessedanextraordinarybattlebetweenfierce,tinycreaturesnotallerthanherknee.NowEmily’slifewillneverbethesame,forshecanseetheworldofFaerie.Andonceseen,shecannotturnaway;onceengaged,shemustjoininthelatestbattleinawarthathasbeenwagedforcenturies.Doingnothingisnotanoption,fortheInvisibleOrder—asecretarmydedicatedtopreservingourworldagainsttheFaerie—knowsaboutEmily,anditsmemberswilldoanythingtocontrolher.ForEmily,herbrotherWilliam,andtheirfriend,thestreetthiefSpring-HeeledJack,thiswintermorningisaturningpoint,andhereaftertheirliveswillbeentwinedwiththeInvisibleOrder,andwithFaerie....
作者简介
PaulCrilleywasborninScotlandin1975andmovedtoSouthAfricawhenhewaseightyearsold.HewasratherdisappointedtofindoutthatAfricawasnotatallliketheTarzanmovieshewatchedonSundayafternoonsandthathewouldnot,infact,haveelephantsandlionsstrollingthroughhisbackyard.Henowlivesinasmallvillageontheeastcoastwithhisfamily,sixcats,andonedog.Whenheisnotwriting,hecanbefoundchasingawaythemonkeysthatliketostealfoodandfruitfromhiskitchen.