懸疑 喜劇 家庭 浪漫愛情
2016 實體與數位同步
越戰期間美軍湧入台北渡假,美士官萊恩與駐唱歌手胡靚妹相戀,之後卻人間蒸發,唯一的骨肉更在四歲時離奇失蹤!半世紀後,四名年輕人得知罹癌的她悲慘的人生,以改造的捐血車環台,帶著她尋找失散四十年的混血兒子。
The Palace of Firebirds is a mystery and a love story spanning half a century, from the modern computer age back to those years when thousands of US Armed Forces from the Vietnam War were taking R&R in Taiwan. Four individuals from nowadays join forces in an odyssey across the island searching for the missing US sergeant, the long-lost mixed boy and a mysterious palace of firebirds.
作家、書評人與翻譯。「英國犯罪作家協會」與「加拿大犯罪作家協會」會員。第四屆「島田莊司推理小說獎」決選;2018年以《幸福到站,叫醒我》榮獲文化部與TiBE遴選為德國「法蘭克福書展」台灣主題館參展小說。
"Tymo Lin, novelist, columnist and book critic, an author member of the Crime Writers' Association (UK), Crime Writers of Canada, and director of the Mystery Writers of Taiwan. Lin was a finalist in The 4th Soji Shimada Mystery Awards, a mystery critic for books.com.tw, contract writer for ETtoday and OKAPI. Lin's novel, Wake Me Up at Happyland, was nominated by the Taiwan Cultural Bureau to be included in the Taiwan pavilion at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany."
他們,一位是淪為電話行銷員的IT界高階主管、一位是奇裝異服又與世隔絕的宅男作家、一位則是被包養的過氣天后級紅星,還有一位惡霸臉少女心的詐騙集團頭頭。這四個過去沒有任何交集的個體,卻在遇上那位只剩下半年壽命的癌末老婦人胡靚妹(蒂娜)後,陰錯陽差被緊緊連結在一起。 半世紀前,越戰美軍的R&R休息與消遣計畫,數十萬美國大兵湧入台北渡假。北上駐唱的女歌手蒂娜紅極一時,也得到英俊士官萊恩.堅肯斯的真愛追求,還約好齊赴舊金山共度終生,他卻在某一天神秘失蹤,讓懷有身孕的蒂娜傷心不已,更被逐出家門。她將混血兒子託付給好友照顧,隻身再度北上卻因生計淪為吧女,而唯一骨肉卻在她欲回南部重聚時也消失了。 近半個世紀後,四位年輕人爲了幫蒂娜了卻人生遺願,誓要尋找出兩位她失蹤多年的親人,而展開一場熱血沸騰的冒險「奧立佛行動」!在一輛由報廢捐血車所改裝成的「鳳凰號」帶領下,由北到南穿越台灣、走遍大街小巷的生命回顧之旅。
This is a mystery and love story spanning half a century. From the modern computer age back to those years when thousands upon thousands of US Armed Forces from the Vietnam War were taking rest and recreation in Taiwan. Four individuals from the younger generation: a one-time IT management director now a telemarketer; a home-geek romance novelist; a former female super star; a scammer with a soft heart and a villain’s face join forces in an odyssey across Taiwan. Their lives have intersected with an advanced cancer patient "Ms. Hu" - known as "Christina", one of the first Jazz singers in Taipei’s American club back in 1966. In search of the American Sergeant, "Ryan Jenkins", from San Francisco who disappeared and a long-lost mixed little boy, Oliver Hu-Jenkins, they started an "Oliver Mission" journey on a scrapped blood donation bus named "Phoenix". From north to south, from beautiful cities and counties to an aboriginal tribal village… they travel through Taiwan searching for the missing boy, Oliver, and a secret promised land, "The Palace of Firebirds". On the journey, they use modern computing, networking, hacking, and cyber man hunting technologies to look for the boy who disappeared without a trace. In the meantime, each of them found an important missing piece in their own lives and a meaningful lesson for their future……