Operation Storm City
Author: Joshua Mowll
Illustrator: Julek Heller
Illustrator: Niroot Puttapipat
Illustrator: Benjamin Mowll
Book 3 in the Guild of Specialists series
Pages: 288
Published: 2009
Age: 11+
Becca and Doug's adventure continues and the stakes are higher than ever. The brother and sister find themselves back at their old family home in Lucknow, India, where they discover research papers containing clues to their missing parents' expedition route and to the location of Ur-Can - the fabled Storm City. Soon they are on a perilous journey to the Takla Makan desert, racing against the enemy by steam train, riverboat, and airship across the Himalayas. But the race is on to take control of Ur-Can - ancient source of power and threat to the security of the planet. Can Becca, Doug and the Guild get there in time? And has their quest taught them enough to solve the final mystery of Storm City, or will they find their parents only to lose them again for ever?
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.