恋爱小说

　　罗马帝国统治下的埃及，一个家庭为躲避追杀而隐秘生活。家中年轻的儿子（被称为“男孩”）开始对自己的监护人（被称为“木匠”）的身份和教诲产生深深的怀疑。
　　男孩体内沉睡着某种神秘而强大的超自然力量。随着他的成长与反叛，这股力量开始觉醒并失控。每当他动用一次能力，就会打破现实的脆弱平衡，招致更可怕的反噬——他们不仅要面对罗马士兵的世俗威胁，更要遭遇因亵渎神明而引发的、超越自然规律的恐怖现象：尼罗河水逆流、沙暴中浮现古老邪灵、瘟疫以超自然的方式蔓延……
　　这个家庭被迫在双重恐惧的夹缝中求生：一边是外部世界的追捕，另一边是来自男孩自身力量的、逐渐失控的神性（或魔性）灾难。

　　Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...