Conville & Walsh

Captain MacKenzie and the crew of the Honourable Guild of Specialists’ research ship, Expedient, battle through a savage storm in pursuit of their sworn enemy Julius Pembleton-Crozier who is hard at work excavating on an archipelago in the Celebes Sea, east of Borneo. Our heroes, Rebecca and Douglas MacKenzie, are still aboard and hell-bent on uncovering the fate of their parents – explorers lost in the desert wastes of eastern China. This archipelago lies at the heart of the mystery and reveals clues to the past of both the Guild and the Sujing Quantou, the Chinese fighting order allied to the captain.

As Becca and Doug uncover vital information about their parents’ missing expedition, they encounter vast tunneling machines, seaplanes, a Greek trireme, volcanoes and a terrifying generator based on the design of the enigmatic ‘gyrolabe’ seen in Book One. With the Expedient stranded and in need of urgent repairs, it is a shock for the captain to discover that Pembleton-Crozier is in league with the Kalaxx, the miscreant northern chapter of the Sujing, shunned by their brotherhood after the bloody internecine war of AD1720. The islands are the ancient source of the potent element zoridium which the Kalaxx are intent on using to power a new scientific dawn for mankind. Zoridium is the ancient secret both the Guild and the Sujing Quantou have sworn to protect and guard from the world, such is its terrifying potential for both good and evil…

Resplendent with plans, cutaway drawings, photographs and artefacts, this book builds on the foundations laid down in OPERATION RED JERICHO, the first part of The Guild Trilogy.