The Road to Samarcand

Paperback. Pub Date :2008-06-02 Pages: 208 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK A classic Patrick O'Brian novel. back in print after many years.When Derrick's missionary parents are tragically murdered he is entrusted to his gruff uncle Sullivan . Captain of The Wanderer.After surviving a killer typhoon on the South China Sea. and accompanied by their eccentric elderly cousin. they set off across land to discover the treasures of Central Asia.Derrick befriends a fierce Mongol warrior and must help him battle a ruthless Chinese warlord.Given a gift of priceless jade. the group is pursued into the inhospitable mountains of Tibet where they are caught between fierce mountain monks and a terrifying unnamed creature that stalks them through the snow.