麥剋·威爾剋斯 1947年生於倫敦，是英國著名畫傢、暢銷書作傢。他13歲時獲奬學金進入藝術學院學習。1970年，他成功創辦瞭一傢平麵設計公司。五年後，他賣掉公司，全身心投入繪畫與寫作。1990年，英國廣播電視颱曾以他為主題拍攝過獲奬紀錄片。威爾剋斯的繪畫作品具有超現實的夢幻色彩，隱藏著令人不安、發人深思的主題。他舉辦過四次個人畫展，其繪畫作品是收藏傢追逐的目標，很多作品已被紐約現代藝術博物館及位於倫敦的英國維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館收藏。 《鏡影》是威爾剋斯“鏡中境”三部麯的最後一部，梅爾和朋友們遇到瞭前所未有的睏難，危險來自幻想世界，也來自自己內心深處……

Prepare to enter the Mirrorscape–a world where the bizarre is commonplace and logic makes no sense.

Melkin Womper is thrilled to escape his dull future as a village weaver and develop his artistic talent when he’s apprenticed to Ambrosius Blenk, one of Vlam’s most famous masters. Mel is especially excited by the colors that he’ll be able to use, since color is a very expensive Pleasure, strictly controlled by the sinister Fifth Mystery.

Mel can’t wait to enjoy the wonders of the grand city and begin his important work for Blenk. Instead, his dreams are quickly crushed by the reality of days filled with unimportant tasks and bullying by the other apprentices whose wealthy families have purchased their positions. Still, the promise of working under the great Blenk and studying his legendary paintings makes the misery bearable.

But when Mel and his new friends, Ludo and Wren, inadvertently stumble into a battle between the Fifth Mystery and the Rainbow Rebellion, an underground band fighting to make Pleasures affordable for all, the trio must step through Blenk’s paintings into the Mirrorscape. In this alternative world, the friends encounter monsters, mazes, talking houses, angels, and more.

Hugely original and deeply compelling, Mirrorscape is a thrilling adventure filled with the beautiful and the bizarre, the fantastical and the frightening, and entry into an incredibly visual, secret world, where the ultimate weapons are pigment, a paintbrush, and the power of imagination.