
Written by Julian Sedgwick · Illustrated by Patricia Moffett
Book #1 in the Mysterium series
A circus-trained boy must rescue his aunt from a gang linked to his parents’ deaths.
Danny Woo travels to Hong Kong with his aunt after losing his parents in a suspicious circus fire. When a criminal gang abducts her, he must use his performance skills to investigate and bring her back.
Twelve-year-old Danny Woo had an unusual childhood. His parents were the star performers in the Mysterium circusand they taught Danny plenty of tricks. But his parents’ skills couldn’t save them from dying in a suspicious fire. Now Danny and his aunt Laura, a journalist, are heading to Hong Kong so Laura can research the dangerous gang called the Black Dragon. Almost immediately, she’s kidnapped and Danny realizes that the gang may be connected to his family’s past. With the help of an old friend, Danny tries to free his aunt, and he uses every trick he knows to face off against the international criminal network that might be responsible for his parents’ deaths.
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