An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from Hong Kong to Inner Mongolia in search of a fabled map of the Invisible World.
Stylish, elegant and thrilling, Stuart Cohen's debut novel draws readers into a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies. Invisible World is both a novel of adventure and a mesmerizing exploration of an unseen world.
Andrew Mann's mundane existence ends the day his jet-setting childhood friend, Clayton Smith, sends Andrew an airplane ticket to Asia along with an invitation to his own funeral, dispatched shortly before his mysterious suicide. Clayton has left Andrew a series of clues that lead him on a circuitous journey through China and Inner Mongolia, complicated by shifting alliances and Clayton's ambiguous memory.
More than an adventure, Invisible World is a novel of ideas, its mysterious odyssey interwoven with the philosophy of Mencius, the legacy of Genghis Khan, and meditations on legendary textiles. Readers will be transported and inspired by this exhilarating expedition to the edge of the world.
