《黑劍會系列》Black Dagger Brotherhood (持續更新中....)
Time to say goodbye~
寫這篇應該算是種另類的告別儀式吧,因為耕林出版社日前巳宣布,《黑劍會》系列中文版只出到第7集為止,後續將不再代理~~
換言之,這系列被斷頭了....
以一個忠實讀者的角度而言,從2009年7月起持續追書追了將近7年,儼然巳與書中人建立出"革命情感"、甚至締結盟約的現在,赫然得知未來巳無法再閱讀他們後續的人生旅程,彷彿被人硬生生從一場參與多年的遊戲中抽離般,整個人瞬間被失落感淹沒,久久不能平息.....
雖然是可以去買原文書回來啃,但是作者J.R.Ward的自創專有名詞實在太多,在看小說之前還得先買一本閱讀導覽背熟...這未免也太累了吧....
7年耶....人生能有幾個7年?....
1.Dark Lover(2005)黑劍會#1,黑暗戀人 by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2009-07-09
雷斯 Wrath:黑劍會首領,世上僅存唯一血統純正的吸血鬼、未來的國王
故事簡介:
我是吸血蝙蝠族群未來的國王──
沉默寡言、冷酷嗜血是我的天性,
不愛接近人群,只有在非得吸血時才會露面。
我領導著兄弟會的同伴們襲擊敵人,一心只想為死去的雙親復仇,
戰鬥是我的親密伴侶,除此之外,任何人我都沒興趣。
一場爆炸案卻改變了我的一生。
死亡的正是我的作戰兄弟、一位吸血蝙蝠貴族,
他身後不僅留下了一堆珍寶,
更留下了一位即將蛻變的女兒──
她是人類與吸血蝙蝠的混血兒。
從來都不知道自己有個吸血蝙蝠老爸,也對即將到來的蛻變一無所知。
而且,她是我見過最柔弱的女人!
讓我放下冷酷面具、放下一切矜持,唯一一位讓我想保護的女人。
她對這個異世界的無知、對於蛻變的惶恐,
一切的一切都只讓我更想將她鎖在懷中、細細呵護。
我願意不計任何代價,絕不能讓她受到傷害!
2.Lover Eternal(2006)黑劍會#2,永恆的戀人 by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2009-08-27
雷格 Rhage:黑劍會中最強也最勇猛的戰士,受到詛咒讓他一失去理智就會變身成凶殘巨大的猛獸
故事簡介:
他──
金髮碧眼,宛如電影明星般的俊俏臉龐,
外在的一切是如此完美無暇。
但體內卻存在一道詛咒,每當憤怒、痛苦時,
他就變化成一隻殺人不眨眼的惡魔,無法克制自己的所作所為......
深怕自己脫軌的行為會傷害愛他至深的兄弟們,
他每晚留連於花叢間,想讓身體釋放多餘的精力,讓自己的心思冷靜。
他從來不渴望有個純潔的女子可以結伴一生,
直到她的出現──
他能感覺到,那女人患有絕症,不久於世,
一次次的痛苦治療都讓她絕望不已;
他也能感覺到,自己一天天無可救藥愛上她。
他需要她來安撫體內狂亂的惡魔;她需要他來陪伴度過餘生,
他們兩人都相信,只有真愛才是彼此的解藥。
3.Lover Awakened(2006)黑劍會#3,戀人甦醒 by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2009-12-03
札迪斯特 Zsadist:黑劍會中最危險致命的戰士
故事簡介:
在卡德維爾市黑夜的陰影下,一場激烈的戰鬥正在上演,戰鬥的雙方是吸血蝙蝠戰士和邪惡的獵蝠人。六名吸血蝙蝠戰士是保衛吸血蝙蝠的神祕團隊——黑劍會的成員,他們英勇無畏,無人能敵。紮迪斯特,則是黑劍會中最令人膽寒的一名戰士。
紮迪斯特曾淪為血奴:身上的傷疤仍然隱隱作痛,心靈的屈辱時時刻刻都在折磨著他。他的身上滿溢著憤怒的火焰和復仇的戾氣,邪惡的行為與熊熊的烈火縈繞著他的周圍。無論是吸血蝙蝠還是人類,見到他都會肝膽俱裂。憤怒是他唯一的伴侶,恐怖是他獨享的美酒——直到有一天,他從邪惡的賴失寧社團救出一位美麗的女子……
貝拉像中了魔咒一般,被紮迪斯特身上爆發出的力量深深吸引。他們彼此渴求對方的愛戀,但紮迪斯特心中卻燃燒著復仇的火焰:替貝拉復仇的渴望讓他幾近瘋狂。現在只有貝拉可以幫助自己的愛人走出往昔的傷痛,尋找他們共同的未來……
4.Lover Revealed(2007)黑劍會#4,戀人現身by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2010-11-03
布奇Butch:離職的重案組警官,前人類
之前曾寫過一篇關於《戀人現身》的文章:黑劍會系列4《戀人現身Lover Revealed》
故事簡介:
紐約卡德威爾市黑暗的一角,吸血鬼與獵殺者的戰爭持續延燒,
黑劍會裡的六名戰士勢必要捍衛整個吸血鬼族群,
在這一群強大的守護者之中,卻存在著唯一一個人類,
一個深獲吸血王國肯定的偉大戰士──布奇.奧尼爾……
布奇是一個天生的鬥士,在人類世界裡,他曾經是一個警察,卻意外進入了神祕的吸血鬼世界。因為擁有比任何人都勇敢的靈魂和一顆忠誠的心,他成為唯一一位獲准進入黑劍會核心的人類。他沒有不死之身,卻總是奮不顧身地和吸血鬼戰士一同戰鬥,因為對他而言,已經沒有什麼可以失去了,他的心早已給了一名吸血鬼貴族──瑪麗莎。他知道以他人類的身分,是永遠無法擁有她的,只能以這樣的方式繼續守護著她……
在一次戰鬥中,為了拯救一名吸血鬼,布奇淪為獵殺者的俘虜,死亡因此籠罩在他的周身。為了讓布奇脫離死神的魔掌,他的吸血鬼兄弟找上了瑪麗莎,希望透過真愛的力量,喚回徘徊在死亡邊緣的他……
5.Lover Unbound(2007)黑劍會#5,被釋放的戀人 by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2011-01-26
維蘇斯Vishous:黑劍會中最聰明也最有天賦的戰士,他的詛咒是擁有預知能力─能預見事情發生,郤不知是何時、何地?無從預防、無力挽救~~
故事簡介:
紐約卡德威爾市的黑夜裡,戰爭仍然在吸血鬼與獵殺者間持續著。傳說,吸血鬼世界有一個神祕的組織──黑劍會,是由六個一心保護自己族群的戰士所組成,每一個黑劍會戰士都具有不同的能力,其中,布烈特之子──維蘇斯,擁有預見未來的超凡能力,每每搶在危難之前阻止悲劇的發生。而這一次,他也將捍衛族群,阻擋冷酷狡猾的掠奪者襲擊……
冷酷無情,卻又聰明絕頂的布烈特之子──維蘇斯,身上背負著一個毀滅性的詛咒與能夠預見未來的超凡能力。他在父親的戰士營裡長大,身為見習生,他受盡折磨與虐待。在成為黑劍會的一員後,他對感情不感興趣,專心一致地投入與賴失寧組織的戰鬥中。但當他受了嚴重的傷,而受到一個人類女外科醫生──珍.威特康的照顧後,他被迫得面對內心的傷痛,並首次品嘗到生命中真正的歡愉,直到無從選擇的命運將她奪走……
6.Lover Enshrined(2008)黑劍會#6,珍藏的戀人 by J.R.沃德,耕林,出版日期:2011-05-26
菲尤里Phury:黑劍會中最忠誠的戰士,甘願為他人犧牲奉獻
故事簡介:
紐約卡德威爾市暗夜裡的一角,吸血鬼與獵殺者仍然持續對峙。黑劍會是吸血鬼貴族中最具戰鬥力的一群,他們的存在,是為了捍衛自己的族群。菲尤里是黑劍會中,帶著詛咒原罪出生的雙生子之一,為了解救自己的胞兄,他曾經在黑暗世界裡孤軍奮戰。而這一次,為了延續種族的血脈,他再次義無反顧地獻身……
對黑劍會誓死忠誠的菲尤裡,為了種族而犧牲自己,肩負起傳承黑劍會血脈的任務。身為聖澤侍女的普萊姆,他必須延續種族的香火,成為下一代黑劍會戰士們的父親。
他那被選中的伴侶──聖澤侍女卡米亞,被高尚、充滿使命感,可內心卻傷痕累累的他所吸引,除了和他一起善盡種族的義務之外,更渴望得到他的心。可是,被責任所束縛的菲尤裡,卻不許自己感到一絲喜悅與快樂。當與賴失寧組織間的戰爭變得更加險惡,黑劍會的主屋籠罩在悲劇的陰影中,菲尤裡必須在責任與愛情間做出選擇……
7.Lover Avenged(2009)黑劍會#7,復仇的戀人(中文版預定2014/06/25上市)
故事簡介:
雷文傑,因為他特殊的身世--一個希姆婆賽和吸血鬼的混血兒--為了隱藏他那不見容於社會的身世,他習慣了生活在暗處,跟那些身處在黑暗中最難纏的人物打交道--包括黑劍會。
他那勇猛無懼的名聲,引來了有心人士與他密謀,要藉他的手去殺死吸血鬼國王。
他內心的邪惡因子正蠢蠢欲動。
他身上擁有一半希姆婆賽血統的祕密即將被揭發,他即將陷入萬劫不復,然而,在此刻,他陰暗世界中出現在一絲光亮--一個能溫暖他,良善純真的吸血鬼女子。
似乎只有她,能夠成為他的救贖……
8.Lover Mine (2010)
In the darkest corners of the night in Caldwell, New York, a conflict like no other rages. Long divided as a terrifying battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the city is home to a band of brothers born to defend their race: the warrior vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate.
Xhex, a symphath assassin, has long steeled herself against the attraction between her and John Matthew. Having already lost one lover to madness, she will not allow the male of worth to fall prey to the darkness of her twisted life. When fate intervenes, however, the two discover that love, like destiny, is inevitable between soul mates.
9.Lover Unleashed (2011)
Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either.
When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul.
As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, the human and vampire worlds collide … just as a centuries old score catches up with Payne and puts both her love and her life in deadly jeopardy.
10.Lover Reborn (2012)這集是塔爾門特的故事,黑劍會最初六人組,可惜耕林宣布決定停止代理中文版了....
Ever since the death of his shellan, Tohrment is a heartbroken shadow of the vampire leader he once was. Brought back to the Brotherhood by a self-serving fallen angel, he fights again with ruthless vengeance- and is unprepared for a new tragedy. Seeing his beloved in dreams—trapped in a cold, desolate netherworld—he turns to the angel to save his former mate, only to despair at the path he himself must take to set her free. As war with the lessers rages, and a new clan of vampires vies for the Blind King's throne, Tohr struggles between an unforgettable past, and a future that he doesn't know he can live with… but can't seem to turn away from.
11.Lover At Last (2013)傳說中的M/M現身(不是巧克力喔)
Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another....
Blay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn. And it’s about time: The male has found his perfect match in a Chosen female, and they are going to have a young- just as Qhuinn has always wanted for himself. It’s hard to see the new couple together, but building your life around a pipe dream is just a heartbreak waiting to happen. As he’s learned firsthand.
Fate seems to have taken these vampire soldiers in different directions... but as the battle over the race’s throne intensifies, and new players on the scene in Caldwell create mortal danger for the Brotherhood, Qhuinn finally learns the true definition of courage, and two hearts who are meant to be together... finally become one.
12.The King (2014)
Long live the King
After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, finally assumed his father's mantle--with the help of his beloved mate. But the crown sets heavily on his head. As the war with the Lessening Society rages on, and the threat from the Band of Bastards truly hits home, he is forced to make choices that put everything--and everyone--at risk. Beth Randall thought she knew what she was getting into when she mated the last pure blooded vampire on the planet: An easy ride was not it. But when she decides she wants a child, she's unprepared for Wrath's response--or the distance it creates between them. The question is, will true love win out... or tortured legacy take over?
13.The Shadows (2015)
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原文書內容簡介摘自作者官網
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