Abner Marsh has had his wish come true – he has built the Fevre Dream, the finest steamship to sail the Mississippi. Abner hopes to race the boat some day, but his partner is making it hard for him to realise his dreams. Joshua York put up the money for the Fevre Dream, but now rumours have started about his the company he keeps, his odd eating habits and strange hours. As the Dream sails the great river, it leaves in it’s a wake one too many dark tales, forcing Abner to face down the man who made his dreams become reality.
When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn't care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh's concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.Marsh meant to turn down York's offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York's mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare…and mankind's most impossible dream.Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire's quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman's dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.
乔治·R·R·马丁,一九四八年出生于美国贝约恩市,二十七岁以小说《莱安娜之歌》摘下象征幻想小说最高成就的雨果奖。此后他不仅在文学上获奖连连,更曾在好莱坞担任编剧长达十年之久。至今,他已获四次雨果奖,两次星云奖,一次世界奇幻文学奖,十一次轨迹奖等等。
夜之子民,书中这样的称呼他们,只能生活在晚上,不能照射阳光,第一反应便是那可怕又漂亮的吸血鬼,可是他们只有在固定的时间里才发生血饥,相比吸血鬼之名,我更喜欢称他们为古老的物种。 《热夜之梦》,一艘船的名字,看起来让人有着梦幻、兴奋的感觉,登上船的人们也为她...
评分这本书我觉得镜头感很好,段落也十分清晰,删减点可以直接当剧本用,很适合影像化,而且对特技效果应该也没有太大的需求,拍成一部落英神斧林肯那样的片子成本应该不高,好莱坞怎么没人动动这方面的念头呢。.....暮光之城那么烂的东西却能一连拍四部.........这世道啊.........
评分 评分很快吐下槽,因为我要去睡觉。 看了一天看完了。因为PJ说他喜欢,才找来看的。 这本书的真正目的是歌颂密西西比河以及蒸汽船时代。 写得其实很精彩,前面三分之二,尤其是York讲述吸血鬼历史那段,完全被迷住了。船长也塑造得很好。 结果后面三分之一,为了衬托大boss,为...
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