1926年的上海街道血跡斑斑，蔡家腥紅幫與俄羅斯世家白百合兩幫派間已經鬥爭了好幾個世代，不斷累積下來的恩怨仇恨讓這座城市陷入混亂。而這一切的核心，就是兩派的繼承人—腥紅幫的蔡朱麗，以及白百合派的羅馬蒙塔格夫。他曾是她的初戀，也是她之於家族難以抹滅的背叛。
然而，在人類的世仇之外，有一股神祕不可解的力量正在饞食兩大家族，一種傳染病、一種瘋狂在彈雨下悄悄擴散，雙方幫派成員開始出現詭異行為，最後竟掐斷自己的喉嚨。陰影中的怪物成為他們共同的敵人，朱麗和羅馬必須放下彼此的武器與宿怨，合力阻止這場災厄。
賦予全新想像的《羅密歐與茱麗葉》，以 1920 年代的繁華上海為背景，講述了黃浦江深處的幫派故事。結合神秘東方色彩、上海歷史背景、經典浪漫愛情、神秘詭異的都市怪物，Chloe Gong這部奇幻冒險處女作一出版，便將她推上紐約暢銷小說家的行列，並在同年成為BuzzFeed 2020 年最佳青年圖書。
// An Instant New York Times Bestseller! //
// A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 //
Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent & Dove, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.
A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.
But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.
