When Jack Christie's father disappears, the time-travelling teenager and his best friend Angus track him to a strange ice-bound future where China has evolved into a global superpower. Time has splintered and Jack and Angus must discover the Point of Divergence - the moment that history altered. Travelling back to 1860, they find themselves in the midst of the bloody Taiping Rebellion: a world of China warlords, empires and brave rebels. But Jack and Angus possess an object that all the warring factions want and, it's not long before the boys find themselves - and the future of the world - in grave danger.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Jack Christie Adventures, Jack Christie Novels .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2012 by Templar Publishing .

Johnny O'Brien was born in Edinburgh and studied history at Cambridge University. He got the idea for THE JACK CHRISTIE ADVENTURES when he came across his grandfather's medals from World War I. His debut and first book in the series, DAY OF THE ASSASSINS was longlisted for the 2010 Branford Boase Award and for the Book Trust's Booked Up 2010 programme. It was also shortlisted for the Children's Quills, a new award for historical fiction for children administered through the Historical Association. Johnny lives in Surrey, England, with his family. Visit him at www. dayoftheassassins. com.