Dieselpunk + Steampunk Culture
"Operation: Red Jericho"
Two days ago I bought "Operation Red Jericho" and I'm excited looking forward to read it.
A german amazon customer described it like "Indy meets Enid Blyton meets Jules Verne meets Karl May"
It's Part 1 of 3 from the so called "The Guild Specialists" and I hope it will be as awesome as it sounds (I'm reading another book at the moment). The book is made up like a diary with lots of sketches, photos, newspaper clips etc. and is worth every cent! (and the two follow ups will be bought soon, too) :
Here's how the story goes:
"Excerpts from 15-year-old Becca's diary interspersed with third-person narrative combine to produce a tale of high adventure, intrigue, and science fiction along the China coast in 1920. Following their parents' mysterious disappearance in the remote Sinkiang region, Becca and her younger brother, Doug, are sent from their home in India to live with their sea-captain uncle, whose research vessel they board in Shanghai. Through their inquisitiveness and spying, they learn of a secret society that may have had something to do with their parents' fate and of a very volatile substance called zoridium that their uncle is trying to retrieve from an evil warlord."
and what makes it even more interesting and beautiful:
"over-the-top characters and an often unbelievable plot are united with fascinating sidebars and graphics, such as short biographies of people like Bohr and Einstein, archival photographs of old Shanghai, vintage newspaper clippings, a chart of the Morse code, diagrams of inventions, or Doug's sketches of the action scenes. Several confidential full-color pull-outs provide detailed descriptions of the various vessels and of an ancient fighting order, the Sujing Quantou."
Have a look at this from it's interior art.
A german amazon customer described it like "Indy meets Enid Blyton meets Jules Verne meets Karl May"
It's Part 1 of 3 from the so called "The Guild Specialists" and I hope it will be as awesome as it sounds (I'm reading another book at the moment). The book is made up like a diary with lots of sketches, photos, newspaper clips etc. and is worth every cent! (and the two follow ups will be bought soon, too) :
Here's how the story goes:
"Excerpts from 15-year-old Becca's diary interspersed with third-person narrative combine to produce a tale of high adventure, intrigue, and science fiction along the China coast in 1920. Following their parents' mysterious disappearance in the remote Sinkiang region, Becca and her younger brother, Doug, are sent from their home in India to live with their sea-captain uncle, whose research vessel they board in Shanghai. Through their inquisitiveness and spying, they learn of a secret society that may have had something to do with their parents' fate and of a very volatile substance called zoridium that their uncle is trying to retrieve from an evil warlord."
and what makes it even more interesting and beautiful:
"over-the-top characters and an often unbelievable plot are united with fascinating sidebars and graphics, such as short biographies of people like Bohr and Einstein, archival photographs of old Shanghai, vintage newspaper clippings, a chart of the Morse code, diagrams of inventions, or Doug's sketches of the action scenes. Several confidential full-color pull-outs provide detailed descriptions of the various vessels and of an ancient fighting order, the Sujing Quantou."
Have a look at this from it's interior art.
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