
that is, until the villainous archaeologist, Sir Titus Dane, kidnaps Edward's parents as part of a scheme to loot an undiscovered dragon tomb.Įdward sets off in pursuit across the Martian wilderness. Instead, he spends his days keeping his eccentric family from complete disaster. Twelve-year-old Edward Sullivan has always dreamed of becoming a spy like the ones he reads of in his favourite magazine, Thrilling Martian Tales. Pterodactyls glide through the sky, automatic servants hand out sandwiches at elegant garden parties, and in the north, the great dragon tombs hide marvels of Ancient Martian technology. Mars in 1816 is a world of high Society, deadly danger, and strange clockwork machines.


A STORY OF THRILLING ADVENTURE AND DESPERATE PERIL ON MARS
