C K Shackleton

The Lost Idol of Ishtar C K Shackleton

Take an Adventure through an Alternative Timeline with a light Steampunk Flavor!

Buckle up for another fantastic Edward Prince Adventure! No, seriously! Buckle up! The bi-plane is about to go down and we have one shot at this water landing. It's another crazy adventure for Edward Prince by C. K. Shackleton, the author who brought you The Mystery of Coronado Cay and The Bolshevik Ballerina.

The year is 1911 and roving news reporter Edward Prince of The New York Telegram is sent across the Atlantic via airship to Syria to interview a famed archaeologist who has claimed to have found the ancient remnants of the Tower of Babel. However, Prince's journey takes a detour when he gets caught up with the leader of a local village, who compels him and a young British man named Thomas to retrieve an ancient idol from an enemy who had taken it from him. Join Prince as he risks life and limb to carry out a mission he considers a fool's errand. What he does not yet know, is that not everything is as it seems.

About The Edward Prince Adventure Series

The Edward Prince Adventure Series is an ongoing collection of stories that follows the adventures of Canadian-born-turned-American news reporter Edward Prince. In each adventure, Prince encounters various historical characters from the late 19th and early 20th Century, a forgotten era of much progress. It was a time when more mechanical inventions came about and more progress was made than any other period in history. However, it was also a time that was fraught with danger! Prince always finds himself in scrape after scrape, only to escape either through his own wits or with the help of those he can trust. Each story is told with a focus on action, pace and dialogue. This leads to a shorter tale, but each Edward Prince story is a satisfying, stand-alone adventure that can be read in only a couple hours while sitting on a plane, sitting in a line, sitting in a waiting room, sitting on a train or sitting on the... well, you get the idea.

Titles in the Edward Prince Adventure Series : The Mystery of Coronado CayThe Bolshevik BallerinaThe Lost Idol of IshtarRoosevelt's River

History vs. Fiction

Also, stay until the end of the book to check out the "History vs. Fiction" section where C. K. Shackleton shows you a few places where the facts were used and a few more where creative license was taken.