《Operation Nightfall 系列英文繪本》Shadow Mission

English Description

Shadow Mission centers on Zara Kane, a former covert operative returning to a rain-soaked city she once abandoned. The opening illustrations (cover and page 2) show her walking through dim streets under a crescent moon—silent, hardened, and carrying memories like weapons.

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Zara receives a nameless message:
The Disappearing Team—her old unit—has vanished.
No roster. No logs. No signatures. The files are “clean as a surgeon’s knife,” meaning someone erased every trace of them (illustrated on the holographic screen on page 10).

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Driven by loyalty, she follows clues through the city’s underbelly—bunkers, whisper networks, and abandoned rail lines. Illustrations on pages 12–16 show dim-lit rooms, watchful guards, and the last known image of her team standing with rigid discipline.

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She discovers they were sent on Nightfall, a mission signed off by the powerful Directive Leader, a man known for sending operatives into unrecorded darkness. His philosophy:
“Nations sleep because we sharpen knives in the dark.” (page 41)

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Zara infiltrates a closed compound north of the shipyards (described with rotating guards, looped cameras, and silence). There she finds her team alive but psychologically crushed—kept breathing yet erased. Their reunion is emotional; one whispers, “You left us,” while she answers, “I had to.” (pages 27–29)

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Escape becomes a geometry of shadows—routes, timing, rhythm. Zara guides them through darkness she once mastered (page 33).

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But true confrontation comes when she faces the Directive Leader. The candlelit room (page 20) shows him surrounded by shadows and old papers, embodying a world built on hidden decisions. He insists the team were “assets,” nothing more (page 47). Zara refuses this cold logic.

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Instead of killing him, she exposes him—sending proof and testimonies to journalists, lawyers, and families who track missing names. The erased mission becomes a roaring public truth (page 55).

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His power collapses. Zara and her team walk into a new dawn—not with titles, but with humanity restored (page 61).

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This book is also excellent for learning English through action and emotion, introducing vocabulary related to:
• surveillance & covert operations
• moral choices and leadership
• environmental descriptions (rain, light, shadow)
• emotional dialogue & introspection
• strategic verbs and decision-making phrases

A gripping, atmospheric mission story showing that justice is strongest when light finally returns to the places built for shadows.

繁體中文內容簡介（Traditional Chinese）

《Shadow Mission》以前特工 Zara Kane 為主角。封面與前頁插圖展現她在雨夜的城市中獨自行走、如影般沉默（見頁面 1–2）。

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她收到一則沒有署名的訊息：
「消失小隊」——她過去的隊伍——不見了。
沒有名冊、沒有紀錄、沒有出勤軌跡；檔案乾淨得像被手術刀切除（見頁 10 的全息螢幕）。

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Zara 追尋線索，來到舊鐵道下的 bunker，從秘密網絡中得知小隊被派往 Nightfall——一項被蓄意抹除紀錄的任務。插圖中，監控室裡顯示他們最後的照片，臉色灰冷、站姿如影（頁面 12–16）。

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指派這項任務的是 Directive Leader，一位認為「國家之所以安睡，是因為有人在黑暗中磨刀」的冷峻決策者（頁 41）。

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Zara 潛入船塢北端受戒備的設施，發現小隊被囚在玻璃與金屬裡——活著，但被世界抹消。一名隊員低語：「你離開了我們。」她回答：「我必須離開。」（頁面 27–29）

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她帶領他們逃脫，運用精準的時間差與影子步伐，如同她當年訓練他們的方式（頁 33）。

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但真正的對手是 Directive Leader。燭光映照的房間（頁 20）裡，他宣稱小隊只是「資產」（頁 47）。Zara 不再沉默。

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她沒有用槍，而是用證據擊敗他——將小隊的遭遇傳送給記者、律師與所有尋找失蹤者的家庭（頁 55）。

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城市因此甦醒，領袖權力崩落。他的世界建立在隱匿與服從，而 Zara 用真相讓陰影失去庇護。最後，她與隊員一起走向自由的清晨，不再隸屬任何命令（頁 61）。

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本書非常適合 透過故事學英語（learning English through story）：
• 情境英語（動作、潛行、觀察、追蹤）
• 描述環境與氣氛的字彙（雨、霧、燈光、影子）
• 表達道德抉擇與內心掙扎的語句
• 角色對話與情感語彙
• 與策略、計畫、推理相關的動詞與片語

這是一個在黑夜中守護人性、以真相照亮陰影的故事。