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Geronimo Stilton 著

圖書標籤:

• Geronimo Stilton
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Children's Book
• Magic
• Kingdom
• Series
• Early Reader
• Humor
• Mouse

齣版社： Scholastic US

ISBN：9780545823364

商品編碼：19666402

齣版時間：2016-05-31

頁數：320

內容簡介

I， Geronimo Stilton， was amazed to find myself called back to the Kingdom of Fantasy for another adventure. Blossom， Queen of the Fairies， needed my help -- time itself was under threat! Something evil was making the hands of the magical Tick Tock Timepiece spin faster and faster. It was causing Blossom to age at an alarming rate . . . and if she perished， so would the entire Kingdom of Fantasy! Holey cheese! It was up to me to restore time and harmony to the land. Could I do it before the clock reached its final hour?

前言/序言

Gerome Stilton and the Land of the Lost Scrolls In the heart of Mouseton, Geronimo Stilton, the timid but earnest editor of The Daily Cheese, finds his quiet life disrupted once more by an extraordinary summons. This time, the call comes not from the familiar halls of the Kingdom of Fantasy, but from a mysterious, ancient scroll delivered by a bewildered-looking post mouse. The scroll bears the unmistakable, elegant script of a long-lost relative, Professor Squeakerton, a renowned, if eccentric, historian specializing in forgotten mouse civilizations. The message speaks of a hidden city deep within the Whispering Sands—a civilization that vanished overnight, leaving behind only fragmented legends and a single, powerful artifact: the Chronos Compass. This compass, according to the scroll, possesses the ability to manipulate the very fabric of time within a localized area, a power too dangerous to remain undiscovered. Professor Squeakerton, after decades of relentless searching, claims to have finally pinpointed the city’s location but has been trapped within an unexpected temporal distortion near the entrance. He implores Geronimo, along with his adventurous sister Thea and ever-courageous nephew Benjamin, to venture into the sands and retrieve the compass before it falls into the wrong paws. Geronimo, initially hesitant, packs his most reliable magnifying glass, an emergency supply of his favorite cheese crackers, and reluctantly agrees. The journey begins with a rather bumpy airship ride piloted by the ever-flappable Colonel Ironclaw, whose navigation skills are, as usual, questionable. They land near the edge of the vast, shimmering expanse of the Whispering Sands—a desert known not only for its scorching heat but also for the unsettling, low humming sound produced by the shifting dunes, rumored to be the trapped echoes of the ancient civilization’s final moments. Upon entering the dunes, the trio immediately encounters the peculiar effects of the area’s instability. Compasses spin wildly, shadows stretch and contract unnaturally, and the very concept of 'when' becomes fluid. They soon stumble upon the entrance to the lost city of Aethelburg, carved into a massive sandstone mesa. The entrance is guarded not by monsters, but by complex, time-based riddles left by the city's ingenious founders. Thea, utilizing her sharp wits and quick reflexes, excels at solving the spatial puzzles, while Benjamin, with his knack for recognizing technological patterns, deciphers the ancient clockwork mechanisms guarding the inner sanctums. Geronimo, surprisingly, finds his niche in deciphering the historical context, recognizing references in the crumbling murals that hint at the civilization's downfall—a self-inflicted wound caused by mismanaging the Chronos Compass. Inside Aethelburg, the air is thick with dust and the scent of petrified wood. The city is impeccably preserved, an instant snapshot of a moment frozen in time. Magnificent crystal structures, powered by solar energy harnessed through elaborate focusing lenses, tower over silent plazas. The mice encounter residual temporal echoes: ghostly, repeating images of Aethelburg citizens going about their final day, unaware of the catastrophe looming. Their primary obstacle emerges in the form of Silas Vex, a notorious, shadowy collector of rare artifacts who had been trailing Professor Squeakerton for months. Vex is ruthless, armed with advanced, albeit crudely fashioned, temporal disruptors, intending to seize the Chronos Compass to rewrite his own checkered past. Vex and his gang of burly weasel henchmen corner the Stilton family in the Grand Archive, the location where Squeakerton was last seen. A thrilling chase ensues through the Hall of Shifting Perspectives, a chamber designed with mirrors and lenses that constantly alter perceived distance and time flow. Thea manages to create a diversion by overloading one of the temporal focusing lenses, causing a localized time loop that briefly confuses Vex's crew. Benjamin, using his knowledge gained from studying Squeakerton's notes, realizes that the Professor is trapped within a small, self-contained time bubble near the central pedestal where the Chronos Compass rests. To reach him, they must synchronize their movements perfectly with the rhythm of the city's long-dead power core—a slow, deliberate pulse. Geronimo, overcoming his fear, plays the crucial role. He realizes that the rhythmic sound they've been hearing—the "whispering" of the sands—is actually the failing resonance of the city's primary temporal regulator. Using his steady hand, he carefully adjusts a set of delicate tuning forks according to the Professor’s frantic instructions whispered over a makeshift radio link, dampening the instability just enough for Benjamin to breach the bubble. Professor Squeakerton is frail but alive, having spent weeks observing the city’s final moments. He warns them that the Compass cannot simply be taken; its removal will trigger a catastrophic temporal collapse, erasing Aethelburg permanently from existence, including any trace of the Professor himself. The climax occurs as Silas Vex corners them at the pedestal. Vex manages to snatch the Chronos Compass. In his greed, he attempts to activate a large-scale reversal, aiming to undo a particularly embarrassing public failure from his youth. However, the aged artifact reacts violently to the sudden influx of raw temporal energy demanded by Vex’s selfish desire. Instead of rewinding his past mistake, the Compass overloads, creating a massive, localized temporal surge. Thea, remembering the ancient murals, directs Geronimo to use the city’s emergency dampening mechanism—a complex series of reflecting crystals designed to absorb and neutralize excess temporal energy. Geronimo, channeling all his focus, manages to reflect the surge back into the Compass itself. The resulting energy feedback does not destroy Vex, but it throws him violently out of sync with the present moment. Silas Vex is temporally displaced, flung randomly into some other, unknown era—perhaps the Cretaceous period or the distant future—leaving only his discarded, smoking temporal disruptor behind. With the Compass neutralized, the temporal distortions around Aethelburg begin to stabilize. Professor Squeakerton, realizing the danger has passed and that the city's secrets are now safe from exploitation, makes a difficult decision. He uses the last of the Compass's residual energy to send the Stilton family, along with himself, back to Mouseton, ensuring the entrance to Aethelburg seals itself permanently behind them, guarded now only by silence and sand. Back in the familiar chaos of The Daily Cheese office, Professor Squeakerton decides to dedicate his life to safeguarding the knowledge he gained, keeping the true location of Aethelburg a secret known only to the Stiltons. Geronimo, once again, returns to filing reports, but with a new, subtle confidence. He has faced the sands of time and emerged, slightly shaken, but undeniably wiser, ready for whatever adventure the next forgotten scroll might bring. He even finds a strangely comforting, rhythmic ticking sound coming from his wristwatch now—a tiny echo of the silent, preserved city beneath the dunes.

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