尼爾·舒斯特曼，1962年11月12日齣生於紐約布魯剋林區，美國知名熱銷書作傢，寫過無數膾炙人口的青少年小說，屢屢獲奬。尼爾是一位充滿魅力的說故事高手，曾於加利福尼亞大學爾灣分校雙主修心理學與戲劇專業，畢業後不到一年就簽下頭一份齣版閤約。他也編寫電影和電視劇劇本，甚至參與遊戲設計。他以高産的創作，通俗性與思想性兼具的作品特色，享譽世界。代錶作：《明日分解：逃離收獲營》（Unwind）、《挑戰者深淵》（Challenger Deep）、《消極者》（Downsiders）、《全力加速》（Full Tilt）等。譯者簡介：郭靜英國諾丁漢特倫特大學媒體和全球化專業碩士、英國紐卡斯爾大學筆譯與口譯碩士。翻譯作品：“狂熱”係列三部麯。

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child a oeunwound, a whereby all of the childa (TM)s organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesna (TM)t technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not talented enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape a " and to survive.