◎Marie Botha 以為自己早已將過去的陰影拋在身後。然而，當她被迫回到家族那座與世隔絕、坐落於崎嶇馬加利斯堡山脈（Magaliesburg Mountains）中的農場時，那道勉強保護著她破碎記憶的脆弱高牆，也開始逐漸崩塌。
置身於一片既壯麗又冷酷無情的土地上，Marie 漸漸意識到，罪惡感、背叛與從未說出口的真相，如同一張令人窒息的網，將她的家人牢牢纏住。沒有人願意談起多年前究竟發生了什麼——但有人一直在暗中注視著她。
隨著壓迫感步步逼近，Marie 必須在這座農場黑暗的過往將她徹底吞噬之前，拼湊出自己記憶與心智背後的真相。
◎《The Goat of Magalies》是一部扣人心弦、以人物刻畫為核心的心理劇情小說，融合了鄉村黑色小說（Rural Noir）的原始張力，以及家庭驚悚小說（Domestic Thriller）的凌厲鋒芒。特別適合喜愛慢熱型國際懸疑小說，以及充滿濃厚氛圍與心理張力的懸疑故事讀者。
◎代理經銷：白象文化
馬加利斯堡山脈（Magaliesburg Mountains）為故事鋪陳出一種寧靜卻古老而緊繃的氛圍。小說深入探討與世隔絕的家庭環境如何成為家族創傷的「回音室」，讓過往的傷痕與秘密不斷迴盪，帶給讀者一場緩慢醞釀、逐步加深的心理懸疑體驗。
Redwood 出生於南非，現居台灣，是一位擅長營造懸疑氛圍的小說家，專注於以人物為核心的心理劇情作品。他的創作經常融合冷冽而原始的鄉村黑色小說（Rural Noir）風格與家庭驚悚小說（Domestic Thriller）的凌厲張力。故事多發生於與世隔絕的環境中，而在那裡，記憶往往並非值得信賴的避風港。
- 開本： 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.9 cm
- 頁數： 198
- 單/彩色： 單色
- ISBN： 9786264477482
- 版次： 初版
《The Goat of Magalies》（開場片段）
The sun came down thick as syrup, slow and gold, pooling on the corrugated roofs until the valley seemed to sweat. The red dirt road to the Botha farm shimmered, the heat bending it just enough to make distance feel unreliable. Dust coated the fence posts; even the goats had taken on the color of the road. Every-thing hummed—wire, grass, skin, thought.
Marie ran barefoot through the dry cornfield, her feet stinging, her legs powdered red. She carried a tin cup of water from the windpump, careful not to spill it. The cup was too big for her hand, the handle pressing into her palm. It meant she was useful. Behind her, goats bleated and knocked the trough.
Her father’s voice carried from the next paddock, calm and even. “Marie-kind, not there, love.”
She kept going.One goat stood a little apart, black and gray, chewing slowly. The others shifted when she approached, this one didn’t. The farmhands called him Bok. In the glare, his eyes seemed to rest on her, not following, just present. She noticed the look lingered after she turned away, then forgot about it, the way you forget a dis-comfort once it passes. When the light changed, his shape struck her as briefly off—shoulders set wrong, stillness held too care-fully—an impression without meaning, already thinning as it formed.
She stepped closer, water sloshing. Bok lowered his head, paused. Nothing happened.
Her mother’s voice cut through the heat.“Marie! Come inside.”
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