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感受歷史的血與淚，及黑暗傳說中正義的復甦，《The Buffalo Hunter Hunter》帶來恐怖文學界的震撼之作。

《The Buffalo Hunter Hunter》是Stephen Graham Jones 傳奇般的歷史恐怖小說，設定於1912年蒙大拿州黑腳族保留地。故事由路德宗牧師Arthur Beaucarne的日記開啟，他記錄了與黑腳族男子Good Stab的連串訪談。Good Stab在遭遇一名神秘吸血鬼「Cat Man」後，成為了擁有永生的吸血鬼，並見證了美國西部對土著民族的殖民暴行與大屠殺，尤其是217名黑腳族人在雪地中被殺的慘痛事件。

小說融合即將消逝的真實歷史與超自然元素，通過Good Stab的復仇故事，探討身份認同、種族衝突與生存掙扎。Jones重新塑造了吸血鬼傳說，血腥暴力而又充滿象徵意義，令人反思誰才是真正的怪物。現代學者Etsy的視角為故事添加了現代詮釋和思辨層次，使整體敘事層層遞進，張力十足。

A chilling historical horror set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab and Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice.

Etsy Beaucarne is an academic, who needs to get published. So when a journal, written in 1912 by Arthur Beaucarne, a Lutheran pastor and her grandfather, is discovered within a wall during renovations, she sees her chance. She can uncover the lost secrets of her family, and get tenure.

As she researches, she comes to learn of her grandfather’s life, and the life of a Blackfeet called Good Stab, who came to Arthur to share the story of his extraordinary life. She discovers the journals detail a slow massacre, a chain of events charting the history of Montana state as it formed. A cycle of violence that leads all the way back to 217 Blackfeet murdered in the snow.