On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever .

Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?

Just as he did in The Terror , Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on thehistorical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final,unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting,and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.

丹．西蒙斯(Dan Simmons)

1948年出生於美國伊利諾州。長篇小說處女作《迦梨之歌》一舉為他拿下1986年的「世界奇幻獎」、《腐肉解饑》接連摘下恐怖類型最高榮譽「布蘭姆•史托克獎」、《軌跡》雜誌讀者票選獎恐怖小說類，以及「英倫奇幻獎」的桂冠。《海柏利昂》及《海柏利昂的殞落》雙料榮獲「雨果獎」。《極地惡靈》獲選為亞馬遜 2007 年度最佳科幻／奇幻小說。另著有《閃憶殺手》、《山之魔》等多部作品。

◎ 兩屆雨果獎得主

◎ 星雲賞、軌跡獎、世界奇幻獎、史托克獎、世界恐怖作家協會獎等諸多大獎得主，得獎作品不計其數。

◎ 多部小說正在改拍成電視影集與電影。《極地惡靈》被AMC買下改編權，預計接在《陰屍路》影集之後播放。

◎ 從恐怖出道，跨足類型與主流文學。《海柏利昂詩篇》奠定科幻界的至高名聲。

◎ 跨足歷史、間諜，冷硬派推理、動作冒險等類型，一出手便獲得讀者與評論家好評，被盛讚為「跨足眾文類之上的作家」（A Man for All Genres）。

◎ 作品風靡全世界，被視為多才多藝、視野宏觀的全能作家。

獲獎記錄

1986世界奇幻獎

1989布蘭姆．史托克獎（恐怖小說最高榮譽）

1990雨果獎、布蘭姆．史托克獎、英倫奇幻獎、軌跡獎最佳恐怖小說、軌跡獎最佳科幻小說

1991軌跡獎最佳科幻小說、軌跡獎最佳短篇小說、英倫科幻小說獎

1992英倫奇幻獎、布蘭姆．史托克獎、軌跡獎最佳恐怖／黑暗奇幻小說

1993軌跡獎最佳恐怖／黑暗奇幻小說、布蘭姆．史托克獎、世界奇幻獎最佳短篇小說

1994軌跡獎最佳短篇小說、布蘭姆．史托克獎

1995軌跡獎最佳恐怖／黑暗奇幻小說、星雲賞

1996星雲賞

1998軌跡獎最佳科幻小說

1999星雲賞國外最佳短篇小說

2000軌跡獎最佳短篇小說

2003國際恐怖作家協會獎

2004軌跡獎最佳科幻小說