{"product_id":"a-shield-against-the-darkness-todd-downing-9780998198941","title":"A Shield Against the Darkness","description":"\"If you're looking for a good adventure story with all the best elements of classic pulp, along with dashing Heroes, women with agency, a little romance, and a whole lot of suspense then this is the book for you! Couldn't stop until I'd read the last page, and you won't be able to either.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Trish Heinrich, author of the \u003ci\u003eMonsters \u0026amp; Artifacts\u003c\/i\u003e series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAirship Daedalus\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic throwback to the days of high-action pulp fiction and weekly comic strips filled with intriguing plots, sharp heroes, and mysterious villains.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Matt Forbeck, author of \u003ci\u003eMutant Chronicles, Brave New World, The Avengers Encyclopedia, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalo: New Blood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApril, 1925 finds ace pilot Jack McGraw fleeing hostile fighter planes and a mysterious zeppelin over the skies of New Jersey. Then a woman from his past invites him to dinner at Thomas Edison's home and drafts him into the A.E.G.I.S. foundation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that's just Monday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack's mission is to fly an experimental aircraft and lead a crew consisting of his comrades from the Great War against a well-funded secret society bent on pillaging history's great treasures and amassing dangerous power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with their crewmates, Jack McGraw and Dorothy \"Doc\" Starr encounter sky pirates, Haitian voodoo, terrifying creatures of the deep, an Amazon tree-city, rocket zombies, and an ancient temple where Aleister Crowley attempts to open a dimensional portal and summon a bloodthirsty demon! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the \u003ci\u003eAirship Daedalus\u003c\/i\u003e comic strip by Todd Downing and Brian Beardsley, \u003ci\u003eA Shield Against the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is the origin story of the \u003ci\u003eDaedalus \u003c\/i\u003ecrew, and a prequel to \u003ci\u003eAssassins of the Lost Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003eby E.J. Blaine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a retro-pulp action yarn in which mages, mad science, secret societies, occult threats, and lost worlds meet globe-trotting, sky-high aerial action and two-fisted heroism, like the pulp novels of old!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Downing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998198943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998198941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep7 Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Todd Downing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241168974079,"sku":"9780998198941","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ad439b1-152d-4d33-a106-1ca246048538.jpg?v=1772653089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-shield-against-the-darkness-todd-downing-9780998198941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}