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325, 9 pages Summary: Jack Mason has grown up as an acrobat in a circus. Now, after the tragic death of his parents, he is trapped inside the gloomy walls of Sunnyside Orphanage in London, a city of fog and snow, filled with airships, steam cars and metrotowers that stretch into space. That's until the famous detective, Ignatius Doyle, comes looking for a young assistant. Armed with circus tricks and his lucky compass, Jack begins his training. When Scarlett Bell's father disappears, they are all plunged into a mystery so baffling that the future of the whole world may be at stake. (Back cover) Jack Mason adventure bk. 1