她是精靈，女王，戰士，瓶中奴隸。

十八歲的納莉亞出身精靈國度Arjinna裡的最高階層，是唯一能駕馭四大自然元素力量的精靈族裔。然而在一次慘烈的階級叛變後，納莉亞的族人幾乎全數遭到殲滅，她成為少數的倖存者，王位唯一的正統繼承人，卻落入利潤龐大的精靈奴隸黑市，被販賣到人類世界，為主人實現願望。

曾經驍勇善戰的納莉亞，如今困於指尖大小的瓶中，忍受殘暴的混種人類主人馬雷克的虐待與頤指氣使，被迫助長他在好萊塢別墅裡紙醉金迷的糜爛生活。憑納莉亞的強大力量，她可以無所不能，唯一得不到的就是自由。

歷經叛變動盪的精靈國，現在由原先最被鄙視的最低階層戒嚴統治中，納莉亞想到年僅八歲的弟弟身陷殘酷的勞動營，更是心如刀割。只要能擺脫將她與馬雷克綁住的金色手銬，她願意做任何事。

此時，瑞夫出現了。他正是當年率領革命的領袖，納莉亞不共戴天的死敵。但瑞夫竟然承諾，會幫助納莉亞擺脫奴隸契約的束縛，讓她重回家園拯救被囚禁的弟弟。納莉亞不確定擁有謎樣魅力的瑞夫是否可信，但眼下他是唯一的希望。只是，要讓瑞夫破除契約的魔法成功有個先決條件，納莉亞必須掌控瓶子，必須讓危險的馬雷克相信，自己真的很愛他……

血腥的回憶與一個深埋的秘密在內心交戰，她還不曉得，自由的代價如此殘酷，如此巨大……

《Exquisite Captive》為現代奇幻冒險三部曲「The Dark Caravan Cycle」揭開序幕。主角納莉亞的個性鮮明，內心世界則複雜衝突：她一心要為族人的遭遇贖罪，解開精靈販賣的黑暗秘密，以及近來一股不斷吞噬人界中的女精靈的邪惡力量，卻又深陷與馬雷克、瑞夫之間揪心的三角情。一方像是「斯德哥爾摩症候群」的扭曲情感，另一方則階級仇恨橫亙其中，兩個深具吸引力的敵人，都渴望她，都需要她來實現自身的願望！

本書融合古老神話與現代的五光十色，營造出一個令人魅惑的世界，在這裡，願望可能成為詛咒，光明有時比暗影更加危險！

BLOOD PASSAGE (Book 2) October 2015

FREEDOM’S SLAVE (Book 3) October 2016

Heather Demetrios received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a recipient of the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award for her debut young adult novel, Something Real (Holt for Young Readers, 2014). She is the founder of the writing organization Live Your What. When she isn’t traipsing around the world or spending time in imaginary places, she lives with her husband in New York City.

Please visit www.heatherdemetrios.com and www.darkcaravancycle.com

“The story unfolds at a swift, even pace, and the worldbuilding is superb; the jinn inhabit an intoxicating, richly realized realm of magic, politics, spirituality and history. Readers will wish they had a jinni to grant them the next book in the series.” ——科克斯評論，星級書評

“Demetrios crafts a refreshingly diverse story with nods to Arabian culture in this lengthy blend of traditional jinni lore and urban fantasy elements.” ——學校圖書館期刊

“A rich, unique world, full of characters who blaze as brightly as their tremendous powers—I was ensnared from the very first line! Exquisite Captive is a beautiful and clever reimagining the mythology of the jinn, and utterly unlike anything I’ve ever read. Seductive, refreshing, and unforgettable!” —Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series