Synopses & Reviews
The golden age of adventure stories returns with this splendidly designed, action-packed, globe-trotting tale that combines the bravura storytelling of Kipling with the irresistible style of
The Adventures of Tintin.
Behind the staid public rooms of an old world gentlemens club operates a more mysterious organization: The Explorers Guild, a clandestine group of adventurers who bravely journey to those places in which light gives way to shadow and reason is usurped by myth. The secrets they seek are hidden in mountain ranges and lost in deserts, buried in the ocean floor and lodged deep in polar ice. The aim of The Explorers Guild: to discover the mysteries that lie beyond the boundaries of the known world.
Set against the backdrop of World War I, with Western Civilization on the edge of calamity, the first installment in The Explorers Guild series, A Passage to Shambhala, concerns the Guild's quest to find the golden city of Buddhist myth. The search will take them from the Polar North to the Mongolian deserts, through the underground canals of Asia to deep inside the Himalayas, before the fabled city finally divulges its secrets and the globe-spanning journey plays out to its startling conclusion.
The Explorers Guild is a rare publishing opportunity, powered by the creative passion of one of the worlds true storytelling masters, Kevin Costner.
Review
"With its colorful cast, exotic locales, and intertwined fates, the book slowly addicts. A rousing throwback whose spinning plates neverstop, even at the end." Kirkus
About the Author
Kevin Costnerandnbsp;is an internationally renowned filmmaker. Considered one of the most critically acclaimed and visionary storytellers of his generation, Costner has produced, directed, and/or starred in such memorable films asandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Dances with Wolvesandlt;/iandgt;,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;JFKandlt;/iandgt;,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;The Bodyguardandlt;/iandgt;,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Field of Dreamsandlt;/iandgt;,andlt;iandgt;andnbsp;Tin Cup, Bull Durhamandlt;/iandgt;,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Open Rangeandlt;/iandgt;,andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Hatfields andamp; McCoys,andlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;andandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Black or White,andlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;among many others. He has been honored with two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award.Jon Bairdandnbsp;is the author/illustrator of the novelsandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Day Jobandlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;andandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Songs from Nowhere Near the Heartandlt;/iandgt;. He is a co-developer, with Kevin Costner, of theandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Horizonandlt;/iandgt;andnbsp;miniseries.Rick Rossandnbsp;is an artist and filmmaker whose first widely recognized work in graphic fiction was illustrating the Image Comics seriesandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Urban Monstersandlt;/iandgt;. He was the lead artist for the graphic novelization of Spike TVandrsquo;sandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;1000 Ways to Dieandlt;/iandgt;, and he has also created artwork for numerous animated motion comics, including for the Cinemax television seriesandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Femme Fatalesandlt;/iandgt;. He publishes the online graphic fiction anthologyandnbsp;andlt;iandgt;Agitainment Comicsandlt;/iandgt;.