The Gemini Contenders

The Gemini ContendersBy: Robert Ludlum Salonika, Greece: December 1939. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. The sinister cache, concealed for centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, men both good and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could

in her humorous

”—Mark Mothersbaugh

uncomplicated recipes from little-known parts of Italy

Sebastian fears for the lives of his pregnant wife

startling her awake several times a night

it is the first time they are under the same roof since their childhood

Parker turns his eye to the Old West with his stirring rendition of the legendary exploits of Wyatt Earp

「人和人也會像鏡像一樣地存在吧？就是這世界上有一個人，他和你什麼都一樣，唯一的差別就是，她是女生，你是男生。所以即使交換了身體，也可以很自在地生活著！」蘇菲開心地說。　　蘇菲是鏡子裡的艾利克，只有性別是相反的，這是我聽過最美的說法了。　　一棟即將面臨都更的廢棄老建築裡，隱藏了一家神秘的「轉身酒吧」，在那裡，人們可以藉由交易互換身份，租用對方身體——男變女、老變少，不論是想重拾青春，或是滿足不為人知的慾望，都能在租約期間實現。　　商務大律師艾利克起先也不相信真有變身這回事，直到在「轉身酒吧」邂逅了美麗女記者蘇菲。　　正當艾利克以為找到真愛時，蘇菲突然露出記者的真面目，偷走艾利克的人生，艾利克一夕變身蘇菲，始知自己被騙。　　之後，艾利克律師和記者蘇菲處於諜對諜的曖昧狀態，艾利克一邊提防蘇菲再度偷走他的人生，一邊發現過去發生的事，會以一個移動的時間軸為中心重複發生——軍購案眾多關係人離奇死亡、死嬰白骨被挖出、蘇菲被誣陷內線交易、身邊的人一一失蹤⋯⋯　　艾利克必須研究多年前的拉法葉艦案、棄嬰案、股市禿鷹案，找出完美解法，並藉著曾經身為蘇菲的記憶，在人臉辨識失靈的變身世界中，找出誰才是真的蘇菲，展開救援⋯⋯　　閱讀可以因touch mind而感動或思量，也能因解謎而燒腦且痛快。《轉身酒吧》給我的感覺就是痛快！　　以台灣著名的軍購案為線，串起男女主角的驚奇旅程，透過兩人的視角以及轉身角色的切換，隨著兩人面對的案件交叉編織出奇幻與懸疑的故事，轉折再轉折的情節讓人燒腦且驚奇。——林佩瑜（劇作家）

from the stagecoach lines to the airlines

George Washington made efforts to win William’s release

‘Filled with compassion and insight

now that his venture into thoroughbred racing has allowed them entry into society