This work is set in Shanghai, in 1920. While on board the Expedient, Doug and Becca MacKenzie stumble across an amazing secret. What unfolds is a story of two young people caught up in an astonishing adventure and a story of an ancient order created to protect the world from evil. Using a remarkable archive of documents, the extraordinary events that took place so many years ago have been painstakingly reconstructed for the very first time.

Author Biography

Joshua Mowll studied at art school before working as a graphic artist in newspapers. He has worked for The Mail on Sunday since 1994, illustrating everything from maps, diagrams and space flights to medical procedures and aircraft crashes. Joshua didn't think about writing until he inherited the Honourable Guild of Specialists archive from his great-aunt. This is his first book. He lives in London.