Matthew and Greaves belong together . . . . . . but somehow, they always get lost in other people's stories. Meridian tells and retells one phenomenal love affair in search of an ending. We follow these two men across a multiverse of lives, from a near-future dystopia to the trenches of Europe in the First World War, from the American Wild West to the scene of a modern-day high school shooting, from deep space to contemporary Sydney harbour. Patrick Ness' transgressive and tender-hearted novel gets to the crux of the how do we find the right way to tell our stories?

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting - he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd - whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself - Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee—whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not—stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden—a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?

It’s Saturday, it’s summer and, although he doesn’t know it yet, everything in Adam Thorn’s life is going to fall apart. Relationships will change, he’ll change, but maybe, just maybe, he’ll find freedom in the release. Time is running out though, because way across town a ghost as risen from the lake. Searching, yearning, she leaves a trail of destruction in her wake…

3 titles in one from the Chaos Walking Trilogy.

Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

Adam Thorn doesn’t know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam’s life is falling apart.  At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn’t he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam’s life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release.

What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions. Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

To celebrate the arrival of Peter Capaldi on to our screens as the newly regenerated Doctor, this collection of Doctor Who short stories, each written by a different author, now includes an extra, brand-new twelfth adventure as part of the 12 Doctors, 12 Stories paperback anthology. Offering the perfect addition to the top-selling series, the twelfth story, "Lights Out," has been penned by self-professed Doctor Who fan and best-selling female sci-fi writer Holly Black.

【卡內基獎決選作品】 所謂地獄，就是永遠孤獨地困在最慘痛的回憶中嗎？ 除了生與死、天堂與地獄，生命是否還有其他選擇？ 充滿詩意與哲思，令人揪心落淚的故事， 今年最別出心裁的科幻小說！ 冰冷狂暴的海浪攫住賽斯，耍弄著他。然後，毫無預警地，大海最後一次緊抓著他，將他的腦袋撞上礁岩。他痛得眼前一片漆黑，現在就連試著游泳、抵禦海水的力氣也沒了，只能任憑海浪再次將他傾覆。 他的頭蓋骨裂開，碎片插進腦中，數節脊椎被壓碎，切斷了腦動脈與脊椎神經，這麼嚴重的傷勢，救不了也回不去。一點機會都沒有。 他就這麼死了。 然後…… 賽斯睜開雙眼，再次醒來，發現自己赤身裸體、渾身瘀傷，但似乎還活著。這是怎麼回事？眼前的一切如此熟悉，但為何他對此全無記憶？ 這個屋舍傾圯、頹敗荒涼的地方，是地獄、來生，或是世界終結後的樣貌？ 賽斯努力探索，想弄清頭緒，但隨著記憶逐漸浮現，疑團卻越來越多。直到這天，在這理應只有他一個人的專屬地獄中，出現了另一個身影，也為背後的真相帶來一線曙光…… 全球媒體一致讚譽 派崔克•奈斯漂亮地以反差概念：生與死、隱私與曝露、罪惡與純真，交出這部作品。這位「噪反三部曲」作者以其獨特風格，在這個故事如夢魘般的情境中進行一場人類心靈的存在主義式探索。── 寇克斯書評雜誌 被人用「令人驚豔」形容的書中，這是少數能讓我讀得連連高聲驚呼：「天哪！」的幾本……關於內容，我不再多說什麼，讀就對了。──《生命中的美好缺憾》作者，約翰‧葛林 一個節奏洗鍊、情節令人難忘的出色故事。── 波士頓環球報 對話生動，情節懸疑，劇情曲折離奇又寓意深遠。── 週日泰晤士報 驚魂動魄，提出質疑且富含哲思，令人印象深刻……從故事開始到最後，無不扣人心弦。── 每日電訊報 起初令人極度不安，繼而讓人振奮不已的故事。── 觀察家報 令人無法放鬆，始終緊抓住讀者不放。── 每日郵報 派崔克•奈斯超越了自己。── 衛報 這個複雜而讓人心驚膽顫的故事，正足以證明派崔克•奈斯得以屢屢獲獎的文學才華。── 金融時報 情節緊湊、突破想像邊界、極具挑戰性。── 書商雜誌 派崔克•奈斯在眾多角色與複雜情節間交錯的敘事手法能引人入勝，得歸功於他對青少年成長時的痛楚與渴望抱持的高度同理心。── 愛爾蘭時報 我的本年度第一愛書。── Simon Mayo，BBC電台「賽門•梅約讀書會」顧問 一個極大膽而不尋常的故事，優美文筆中帶著濃厚的憂傷。引人感嘆、後勁極強、並令人心痛。── 英國圖書信託基金會

In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world. As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches. And as the ceaseless Noise lays all thoughts bare, the projected will of the few threatens to overwhelm the desperate desire of the many. The consequences of each action, each word, are unspeakably vast: To follow a tyrant or a terrorist? To save the life of the one you love most, or thousands of strangers? To believe in redemption, or assume it is lost? Becoming adults amid the turmoil, Todd and Viola question all they have known, racing through horror and outrage toward a shocking finale.

Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard — and secrets are never safe. Reaching the end of their flight in THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?

Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.