num_pages: 271
description: A sister and brother's search for their missing parents uncovers a mysterious secret society in an action-filled sea-and-land saga centered in 1920s Shanghai.For Joshua Mowll, it was the surprise of a lifetime. There, among the archives inherited from his great-aunt Rebecca MacKenzie, was a 1920s journal recounting the thrilling and dangerous adventures of fifteen-year-old Rebecca and her younger brother, Doug, in the wake of their parents' mysterious disappearance in the deserts of China. Now carefully re-created in a lavish volume — complete with cloth binding and a journal-style elastic clasp — the siblings' tale begins aboard the Expedient, their uncle's enigmatic research ship, and moves at a breathless pace through the streets of Shanghai and on to a terrifying island fortress. Along the way, Doug and Becca encounter an ancient order of Chinese mercenaries, a brutal pirate warlord, a feisty Texan heiress, and a stolen cache of a volatile explosive called zoridium. By their saga's end, the intrepid duo has exposed a murderous plot involving their parents and uncovered a high-minded secret society hidden from the world for hundreds of years. Interspersed are such "archival" elements — elaborate diagrams and maps— vintage photos and illustrations— documents with stamps, seals, and watermarks— four full-color gatefolds, the largest a six-page foldout— extensive appendices and notesPainstakingly researched and packed with authentic detail, OPERATION RED JERICHO is the first of three nonstop-action tales of intrigue by first-time author Joshua Mowll — historical fiction at its finest.
language: English
title: Operation Red Jericho
titlecomplete: Operation Red Jericho (The Guild of Specialists,  #1)
characters: Rebecca "Becca" MacKenzie
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Teen, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1632
series: The Guild of Specialists
publisher: Candlewick Press