English Summary/英文概要： It begins with a single shot.

Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction.

Jude Marrock is out for revenge and has no choice but to involve Devon in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with an escalating body count. She doesn’t trust him one bit, but when the shots start flying and friends start falling, she finds herself with nowhere else to run. And there are innocent lives, both human and animal, at stake, including Ned and his mysterious pack. Is Jude her salvation or her damnation? Are the secrets he’s protecting worth killing for . . . or dying for?

With a lightning-fast pace, unforgettable characters, and gut-wrenching action, Dark Summer is compelling new terrain for this master storyteller.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 所有的一切都始于一次单发射击…
德文·布莱迪是一名远程搜索急救医院的兽医，当一名男子带着他受伤的宠物泰德来到她的急救室时，她并不知道自己已经陷入了一个危险而恐怖的事件之中。
朱迪·马洛克为复仇而来，除了将德文牵扯进这场猫捉老鼠的游戏中，他别无选择。德文并不相信他，但当枪声接连响起，而身边的朋友也随之倒下时，她发现自己已经无路可退。在她身边的都是无辜的生命，朱迪是她的救星，还是她的死神？而他所保守的秘密究竟是否值得他去为此杀戮…或是为此死亡？
闪电般快速的节奏，难忘的角色，dark summer将会是作者一个新的里程碑。
比电影大片还刺激十倍的畅销好书。(WZ)

Awards/获奖情况： 此作者的作品截止目前已经销售34，000，000百万册，版权销售情况30个国家之多
此书DARK SUMMER一出版就攀升到纽约时报畅销排行榜第三名
美国首印650，000册
风靡美国惊悚图书市场，精湛的布局技巧，绝对让读者无法释怀

Usually adept at fusing well-developed characters with edge-of-your-seat action and adventure, bestseller Johansen (Pandora’s Daughter) stumbles in this novel of romantic suspense revolving around a tumultuous relationship. Veterinarian Devon Brady and enigmatic former navy SEAL Jude Marrok meet on a small Caribbean island recently devastated by an earthquake. When a sniper shoots Marrok’s rescue dog, Ned, while searching for survivors in the rubble of a village, Marrok orders Brady to treat the black Lab, then promptly disappears. In a note he leaves for Brady, he promises to pick up Ned from her later. Soon after returning to her home on the outskirts of Denver with Ned, Brady finds herself a target in a deadly conflict involving international intelligence agents, ruthless billionaire entrepreneurs and Native American shamanism. An unnecessarily convoluted and at times unbelievable plot builds to a predictable conclusion. 650,000 first printing. (Oct.)---From Publishers Weekly

“Johansen keeps readers on the edge of their seats.”---Booklist