以生命之神歐西里斯為首，九柱神各司其職，守護埃及。 然而在戰爭之神賽特突然殺了兄長歐西里斯，並篡奪其王位後， 和平的埃及，就此陷入賽特殘暴的血腥統治。 數百年後，歐西里斯的妻子，魔法之神伊西斯攜子前來復仇， 眾神趁此機會進行審判， 希望能藉由王權正統繼承者荷魯斯之手，一舉推翻賽特。 可未料，以此為始，賽特與荷魯斯這對叔姪的關係， 便如沙漠的詭譎多變般，走向了炙熱而不可預測的方向──

N.K.杰米辛 纽约市布鲁克林人，拥有心理学和教育学学位，作品主题广泛，包括文化冲突与压迫等。她的处女作是2010年的短篇小说《非零概率》，入围雨果奖与星云奖；同年出版第一部长篇小说《十方诸国》，获得雨果奖、世界科幻奖提名，并荣获轨迹奖最佳长篇小说处女作奖。2016年凭借《第五季》成为首位获得雨果奖的黑人女作家，2017年的《方尖碑之门》再次获得雨果奖，使她成为雨果奖史上第二位蝉联最佳长篇小说奖的科幻作家。

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumours and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Fern...(展开全部)

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor e...(展开全部)

Inspired by a real event of the murder of a woman in rural Mexico, Hurricane Season takes place in a world filled with superstitions and violence-violence that poisons everything around. The Witch is dead. After a group of children playing in the murky waters of the irrigation canals discover her decomposing corpse, the village is rife with rumours and suspicions about the murd...(展开全部)

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor e...(展开全部)

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumours and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Fern...(展开全部)

Why has the West for so long and in so many different ways expressed the idea that the Chinese have a special relationship to cruelty and to physical pain? What can the history of that idea and its expressions teach us about the politics of the West's contemporary relation to China? And what does it tell us about the philosophy of modernity? The Hypothetical Mandarin is, in som...(展开全部)

韩瑞（Eric Hayot） 1972年生，1999年获得威斯康辛大学英语与比较文学博士学位，现为宾夕法尼亚州立大学比较文学与亚洲研究特聘教授。他的研究领域主要涉及中西现当代文学比较研究、文化研究、医疗史研究等领域，在国际学界正崭露头角。

兰道尔•门罗（Randall Munroe），曾在NASA工作，制造机器人。2006年成为全职网络漫画家，是美国最热门科普漫画网站xkcd的创立者。本书就是他的What If科普问答专栏合集。国际天文学联合会最近将小行星4942命名为“门罗”。如果“门罗小行星”撞上地球，很可能会导致大灭绝。