{"product_id":"the-orloj-of-shanghai-the-orloj-series-vol-7","title":"The Orloj of Shanghai: The Orloj Series: Vol. 7","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Keeper Cycle’s second quest begins with a single golden feather, fallen out of a clear summer sky onto the Bund — dropped by the Golden Rooster, eldest of the Orloj’s three sons, keeping a promise nine hundred years old. It summons the six young keepers, with Hina Tanaka and her ledger, to the one city of the quest that will not hold still — Shanghai, where a squat stone tower called Big Ching chimed Westminster over the river, and where, behind the real city, a held city is waiting for the greatest clock ever lost. Nine hundred years ago, Su Song built a tower forty feet high, driven by nothing but falling water, that told the hour, tracked the stars, and struck its bells with little wooden men — and he wrote a book so the knowledge could never be lost. The tower fell anyway. The book survived — as a fragment, nineteen leaves of forty-seven, stopping exactly where the heart begins. Now the six must recover the missing pages, master the lessons of the west and north, and raise the half-built tower — beam by beam, its mended joints seamed in gold — until a small brass heart that has refused to beat for nine centuries consents, at last, to hold the wheel and let it go, on the beat. The Orloj of Shanghai is a magical tale filled with non-stop action and thrills, as well as timeless wisdom through its unforgettable fables and poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“..Even older readers will find The Orloj... an imaginative rendering—one that should appeal to anyone who enjoys following a creative quest of young wannabe wizards, intertwined with core life lessons..”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlueink Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErasmus Cromwell-Smith II is an American writer, playwright, and poet. The Orloj series has been crafted through a very intense and intimate introspective dive into the author's own life experiences and wisdom. The Keeper Cycle continues in Volume VIII, The Orloj of Jaipur; what begins in Prague spans fourteen volumes, concluding with The Orloj of Munich. The complete series is available at www.erasmuscromwellsmith.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erasmus Cromwell-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48177339138199,"sku":"9798994067574","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/9871\/2727\/files\/orloj-shanghai-en-standalone.jpg?v=1788030028","url":"https:\/\/erasmus-cromwell-smith.myshopify.com\/products\/the-orloj-of-shanghai-the-orloj-series-vol-7","provider":"Erasmus Cromwell-Smith","version":"1.0","type":"link"}