And Then There Were None Original Title の小説・ストーリー

Then the digits started dropping. One by one, at first. Then faster. 0549. 0548. 0547. 0546. 0545— My throat tightened. The numbers kept falling. 0520. 0500. 0460. 0400. 0380. 0360. 0345. 0336. And then it stopped. And the number 336 blinked on the screen in harsh white light. The Game Master clapped its hands together. “Well,” it chirped, its grin widening. “I hope that explained itself. We’re down to Three Hundred And Thirty-six Players!”

At two in the morning, my sister, Paige Boyce, paid men to smash up my barbecue stand. I fought to make them stop, ignoring the embers that scorched blisters into my skin as they landed. It was the first time in my life I'd ever raised my voice at her. "After Mom and Dad died in that plane crash, this stand paid for four years of your college education and helped you become a flight attendant for Golden Crest Airlines," I said. "Are you really going to destroy the only thing keeping us alive?" Something flickered in her eyes, a flash of reluctance, but she steeled herself and scoffed. "I've told you a hundred times to get rid of this dump of a stand, and you never listen. Do you want m