{"product_id":"a-shield-against-the-darkness-todd-downing-9781734929379","title":"A Shield Against the Darkness","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that's just Monday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the \u003cem\u003eAirship Daedalus\u003c\/em\u003e comic strip by Todd Downing and Brian Beardsley, \u003cem\u003eA Shield Against the Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e is the origin story of the \u003cem\u003eDaedalus \u003c\/em\u003ecrew, and a prequel to \u003cem\u003eAssassins of the Lost Kingdom \u003c\/em\u003eby E.J. Blaine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Downing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734929375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734929379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep7 Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Todd Downing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069137875199,"sku":"9781734929379","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_baed1fde-2ea8-44b3-a6ba-9a02fac8a786.jpg?v=1685423018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-shield-against-the-darkness-todd-downing-9781734929379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}