The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves , and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

埃琳•摩根斯顿（Erin Morgenstern）

画家、作家和多媒体艺术家，创作偏爱童话幻想主题。文字无法表达的，她就用绘画描绘，绘画描绘不尽的，她就用文字表达。毕业于史密斯学院戏剧及电影制作专业。12岁开始读斯蒂芬•金，21岁读J. K.罗琳，这或许奠定了她以后的写作风格。现居马萨诸塞州。

《夜晚马戏团》创作灵感源于《爱丽丝梦游仙境》，埃琳原本将之设定为童书，但下笔之后，故事却自行展开，于是她为这个故事增添更成熟的元素。结果作品一经推出便大受欢迎，并售出三十余国版权。评论纷纷拿埃琳与J. K.罗琳、尼尔•盖曼等名家相提并论，认为她将“成人也能看的幻想故事”推向了新的高度！