歡迎回家。
歸來的是你，還是你擺脫不了的過去？
離鄉多年的Nealon回到愛爾蘭的農舍，卻發現家中早已人去樓空。
刑滿獲釋，妻兒卻下落不明，看起來似乎早已離他而去，空蕩蕩的小屋裡，只有一通通不斷打來的電話。
這通神秘電話，來電者不明，但似乎知道關於Nealon的所有事，同時聲稱自己握有他的家人失蹤的真相，條件是Nealon和他見上一面。即使Nealon從未正面回應他所言的虛實，對方仍鍥而不捨地每天打來。
談得越久，便越陷越深。最後他明知不智，仍赴了電話那頭陌生人的約。為了找出真相，Nealon步步走向一連串牽連了他無數黑暗過往的危險之中…
This Plague of Souls is written in perfectly-pitched cadences. It captures with exquisite care a man ambushed by loss and fear, by hovering forces that are mysterious and otherworldly and beyond his control. It further establishes Mike McCormack as one of the best novelists writing now - COLM TÓIBÍN
A sombre tale shot through with glints of dark humour, in which the sins of the past at once haunt and illuminate the present. A compelling read - JOHN BANVILLE
Nealon returns to his family home in Ireland after a long time away, only to be greeted by a completely empty house. With no sign of his wife or child anywhere, it seems the world has forgotten that he even existed.
The one exception is a persistent caller on the telephone, someone who seems to know everything about Nealon's life, his recent bother with the law and, more importantly, what has happened to his family. All Nealon needs to do is talk with him. But the more he talks the closer Nealon becomes tangled in the very crimes of which he claims to be innocent.
