Operation Red Jericho (The Guild of Specialists)

Mowll, Joshua

ISBN 10: 0763626341 / ISBN 13: 9780763626341

Edité par Candlewick Press, 2005

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Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Puttapipat, Niroot; Heller, Julek; Mowll, Benjamin (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Us Edition, Stated First Printing In Good to Very good- moderate shelf wear to exterior- esp corners- interior is clean, binding is tight- tape on top edge corner to protect. Condition Bearing An Abbreviated Dust Jacket Strip With Both U.S. And Canadian :-( Prices Intact. The Book Is Set Up Like A Dossier, Complete With Black Elastic Place Marker. It Is Marked As 'Confidential Assignment' On The Title Page And Is Filled With Glossary Boxes And Scans Of Newspaper Clippings, Codebooks, Photographs And Etc. (See Scans). Story Spans Situation Of Two Teens In Shanghai In 1920 To 2002 When The Cottage And Papers Of One Of Those Original Teens Are Bequeathed To A New Generation In 2002. Very Clever Teen Chapter Book, Beginning Of A Series, The Guild Of Specialists. This Book Weighs Over One Pound And Extra Postage May Be Requested.

N° de réf. du vendeur 1025

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Operation Red Jericho (The Guild of Specialists)
• Éditeur: Candlewick Press
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0763626341
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780763626341
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Puttapipat, Niroot; Heller, Julek; Mowll, Benjamin
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • First editions

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Synopsis

Book by Mowll Joshua

Présentation de l'éditeur

A sister and brother's search for their missing parents uncovers a mysterious secret society in an action-filled sea-and-land saga centered in 1920s Shanghai.

For Joshua Mowll, it was the surprise of a lifetime. There, among the archives inherited from his great-aunt Rebecca MacKenzie, was a 1920s journal recounting the thrilling and dangerous adventures of fifteen-year-old Rebecca and her younger brother, Doug, in the wake of their parents' mysterious disappearance in the deserts of China. Now carefully re-created in a lavish volume — complete with cloth binding and a journal-style elastic clasp — the siblings' tale begins aboard the Expedient, their uncle's enigmatic research ship, and moves at a breathless pace through the streets of Shanghai and on to a terrifying island fortress. Along the way, Doug and Becca encounter an ancient order of Chinese mercenaries, a brutal pirate warlord, a feisty Texan heiress, and a stolen cache of a volatile explosive called zoridium. By their saga's end, the intrepid duo has exposed a murderous plot involving their parents and uncovered a high-minded secret society hidden from the world for hundreds of years. Interspersed are such "archival" elements as:

— elaborate diagrams and maps
— vintage photos and illustrations
— documents with stamps, seals, and watermarks
— four full-color gatefolds, the largest a six-page foldout
— extensive appendices and notes

Painstakingly researched and packed with authentic detail, OPERATION RED JERICHO is the first of three nonstop-action tales of intrigue by first-time author Joshua Mowll — historical fiction at its finest.