Salem’s Lot

在這個地方，千萬不要「獨自一個人」！

　　「撒冷地」是與聖地耶路撒冷同名的小鎮，
　　但這裡與「天堂」無關，卻離「地獄」比較近……

　　瑪斯登大宅，撒冷地這座小鎮著名的鬼屋。多年前，有一對夫妻住在裡面，過著隱士般的生活，直到郵差發現他們橫死屋中。據說，男主人是吊死在房間裡，女主人則被近距離槍殺，半邊腦袋開花。

　　九歲那年，班在同伴的挑釁下，獨自一人進入大宅。他鼓足全部勇氣，打開瑪斯登先生上吊的那個房間，然而映入眼簾的那一幕，卻從此成為永遠的夢魘……

　　離開撒冷地二十五年後，班已成為作家。他想寫一部以童年陰影為題材的故事，於是又回到故鄉，甚至考慮住進瑪斯登大宅，沒想到卻竟然被人搶先一步買下了！

　　從此離奇的事件彷彿骨牌效應般接踵而至：小孩神秘失蹤、掘墓工人無故橫死……「未知」形成前所未有的恐懼，伴隨著黑暗的記憶，排山倒海向班撲來！但這次他鐵了心，就算賠上性命，也要把所有的邪惡一、掃、而、空！

　　★本書中譯版《撒冷地》由皇冠出版。

#1 BESTSELLER - Soon to be a new major motion picture - Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book.

＂A master storyteller.＂ --The Los Angeles Times

When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.

With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.

作者簡介

史蒂芬．金　Stephen King

　　一九四七年生於美國緬因州波特蘭市。自一九七三年出版第一部長篇小說《魔女嘉莉》後，到目前為止已寫了超過四十本長篇小說和二百多篇短篇小說。他的筆法細膩，善於從大家再熟悉不過的日常生活事物中，帶給讀者如同身歷其境的恐怖感。他的作品已被翻譯成三十多種語言，暢銷超過三億本，甚至被譽為「每個美國家庭都有兩本書，一本是《聖經》，另一本則是史蒂芬．金的小說」。他的作品也是影視改編的熱門題材，被拍成的電影總數已高達數十部。

　　一九九九年，史蒂芬．金曾發生嚴重車禍，僥倖大難不死，在鬼門關前走了一遭後，他一度傳出將封筆，但寫作畢竟是史蒂芬．金的最愛，結果康復後，他又立刻投入寫作。二○○三年，他獲得美國國家圖書基金會頒發的「傑出貢獻獎」；二○○四年，他獲得世界奇幻文學獎「終身成就獎」的肯定；二○○七年他更獲頒愛倫．坡獎的「大師獎」；二○○八年則以《魔島》和《日落之後》同時囊括「史鐸克獎」最佳長篇小說及短篇小說獎，再度彰顯出他無可取代的大師地位。

　　在史蒂芬．金為數眾多的作品中，以歷時三十多年才終於完成的七部曲奇幻巨作《黑塔》系列最為壯觀，也最受金迷討論，NBC環球公司並將把《黑塔》拍成電影三部曲及電視影集，由名導演朗霍華執導。而另一部史蒂芬．金的暢銷冠軍力作《手機》，也即將改拍成電影。《牠》曾在一九九○年改編為兩集的電視影影「靈異魔咒」，目前則由華納電影公司買下版權，即將正式搬上大螢幕。
目前史蒂芬．金與妻子定居於緬因州。

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset;Duma Key; Lisey’s Story;Cell; and the concluding novels inthe Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.