Operation Typhoon Shore
Author: Joshua Mowll
Illustrator: Julek Heller
Illustrator: Niroot Puttapipat
Illustrator: Benjamin Mowll
Book 2 in the Guild of Specialists series
Pages: 288
Published: 2006
Age: 11+
After being lashed by a typhoon on their uncle's ship, The Expedient, intrepid siblings Becca and Doug MacKenzie want nothing more than to escape from the volcanic island on which they're stranded and resume the search for their parents. But their uncle, Captain MacKenzie, seems more concerned with the missing gyrolabe than their missing mother and father, and he refuses to discuss the role the mysterious Guild of Specialists played in their disappearance. As the formidable Kalaxx warriors close in on their hidden cove, Becca and Doug unearth a riddle linked to a 1533 painting, which may hold the key to the Guild's dark secrets and to finding their parents. But how can they possibly solve the puzzle and escape with their lives before their enemies attack?
About the Guild of Specialists Series
Books in series order
- 1.Operation Red Jericho(2005)
- 2.Operation Typhoon Shore(2006)
- 3.Operation Storm City(2009)
Reading age: 11+ years
This series should be read in order.
The Guild of Specialists trilogy follows the lives of Rebecca and Douglas MacKenzie in their quest to find their parents who have gone missing on an expedition to the Sinkiang desert in China. The brother and sister meet up with their uncle, Captain Fitzroy MacKenzie, and he welcomes them onto his boat, the Expedient. As they embark on their journey, the pair stumble upon the Guild of Specialists, a secret society of which their uncle is a part. Gradually they start to uncover the secrets of the Guild, and begin to wonder what it was their parents had been looking for in the Sinkiang desert.
This innovative series includes a host of detailed illustrations, side-bar biographies, vintage newspaper clippings, photographs and sketches that augment the action. The novels are full stories and complete on their own, however, these intricate and thoughtful graphics provide an intriguing element that will fascinate many readers.