沉淪酒癮間的外科醫師俊成決定暫停執業，前往偏遠聚落研究多年前發生的神秘疾病「原發性壞疽」，感染始於一名將臨盆的孕婦且擴及全村，隨著全數村民都發病死亡成為謎團，他來到已開發為觀光農場的聚落原址，恰逢螢火蟲異常暴增的美景，不久惡疾隨密如繁星的螢火捲土重來，彷彿散發死亡幽光，隨著調查進行，他發現過去那場悲劇也伴隨螢火蟲暴增的異常現象，神秘惡疾與螢火蟲間，似乎有某種不尋常的關聯。

Synopsis:
Struggling with alcohol addiction, surgeon Jun-Cheng decides to take a break from his medical practice. He travels to a remote mountain area to study spontaneous gangrene, a mysterious epidemic that first claimed a woman soon to give birth before rapidly seizing the entire village. This disease’s deadly secret was eventually buried many years ago together with the inhabitants of an entire village. The surgeon stays at the site of the former village, now a farm for tourists, where he happens upon a scene of unsettling beauty: massive swarms of fireflies far beyond the usual number. The same virulent disease is trailing in the wake of the star-like clusters of fireflies. Soon the resurgent plague is casting its own deadly glow. Jun-Cheng’s investigation reveals that the past tragedy also coincided with an abnormal surge in the number of fireflies. In some unusual way, the mysterious disease and the fireflies appear to be linked.

作者簡介：

林美冬，著有小說《幽波》、《流螢》，舞臺劇本《戲墨》、《嘉南豐秋》、《走找西拉雅》等，創作計畫包括：

「生態浩劫四部曲」

4部長篇小說系列作品，一名為酒癮所苦的外科醫師，沉迷於追逐神秘醫學謎題，嘗試解開死亡浩劫背後的真面目，每部小說22-25萬字，總數約120萬字。

 《流螢》 （已出版2018.12）

 《樹靈塔》

 《黯島》

 《暮蟬》

「未來四部曲」

2部舞臺劇劇本與2部長篇小說組成之系列作品，描寫臺灣近未來紛雜的恐懼將人群推向失序混亂，集體為自己造就的瘋狂末日。

 《核後》舞臺劇劇本

 《遺棄未來》長篇小說

 《遠方的曠野》舞臺劇劇本

 《溺谷》長篇小說

Author’s biography

Mei-tung Lin is the author of the novels The Subtle Waves, Fireflies, and the plays The Human Sacrifice, Harvest in Jianan and In Search of the Siraya.

Works planned for the future

Tetralogy of Environmental Disasters

A set of four long novels centered around the same main character, an alcohol addicted surgeon who is obsessed with chasing after mysterious medical phenomena and unveiling the truth behind deadly diseases.

Each novel will contain 220,000-250,000 words, for a total of million words.

 Fireflies – Chinese edition published on 12/2018. ISBN/ISSN: 9789869305129

 The Tower of Tree Spirits

 Island in Darkness

 Cicadas after Sunset

Tetralogy of the Future

A set of two scripts and two long novels. They depict the recent upheaval and fear in Taiwanese society. In these works, this turmoil pushes the people into a disordered and chaotic state ultimately precipitating an insane doomsday of their collective design.

 After the Nuke – Script for a play

 Abandoned Future – Long novel

 Beyond the Cemetery – Script for a play

 The Ria Coast – Long novel