SPECIAL EDITION Featuring unique character art on the interior and the glossy jacket, this stunning hardback celebrates the hauntingly beautiful world of the Final Masquerade, and will provide a beautiful addition to any bookshelf. A must for The Final Masquerade fans. The winter solstice. The darkest day, the longest night. Every year the solstice heralds the return of the masquerade ball. Fae and human dance and drink and make merry, so long as they remain masked. But there's a darker side to this night. Should a guest lose their mask, their life is forfeit, cursed to dance forever for the entertainment of the masquerade's cold and cruel fae host. Ever since he was a boy, Brice LeChoix's mother had warned him of the terrible fae. But it wasn't the fae who took his parents from him. Madness did that. Years later, now Lord of the crumbling LeChoix estate and buckled by debt, he has more important things to think about than fairytales. Until the masquerade comes to town. Every year on the solstice it appears, and every year the townsfolk frolic with the fae. Some never return. Brice warned his brother not to go. And when the masquerade vanishes like mist at dawn, it takes Charon with it. Now Brice must return to the masquerade, the very place he vowed never to set foot in again. The fae know his desires, they know his weaknesses. Forbidden lust will lure Brice from his world, into theirs. To save his brother, he must survive the masquerade's beautiful lies and avoid the host's wicked ways. But the fae have other ideas. One in particular has his eye on Brice... The trickster, Raoul, will stop at nothing to seduce Brice because he knows, more than anyone, that the masquerade is a trap from which no soul truly ever escapes. The longest night is upon us. Can you hear their call? Take my hand, come with me, to the masquerade ball...

アリアナ・ナッシュが描くのは、美しさと残酷さが表裏一体となった耽美的な幻想世界です。本作の核心は、仮面という記号が象徴する「虚飾と真実」の葛藤にあります。崩壊しゆく現実から逃避するように足を踏み入れた仮面舞踏会で、主人公ブリスが直面する欲望と恐怖のせめぎ合いは、読者の理性を激しく揺さぶる文学的陶酔をもたらします。 トリックスター、ラウルという抗いがたい影がもたらす誘惑は、単なる恋慕を超え、魂の救済と破滅を同時に突きつけます。冷酷な妖精の美学と人間の泥臭い愛情が交差する瞬間、物語はダークファンタジーの枠を超え、深淵な人間賛歌へと昇華されます。ページをめくるたび、煌びやかな嘘の中に隠された痛切な真実に、私たちは魅了されずにはいられません。