The second magical, funny, and fabulously illustrated story in the Far-Flung Adventures from the authors of Fergus Crane and the Edge Chronicles.
Corby
Flood and her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle
cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have
noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant and has a
lot of time for note-taking and eavesdropping. Onboard, among the odd
passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in
bowler-hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns. There's also
a melancholy wailing sound coming from the hold. It's strictly out of
bounds but Corby can't help investigating. What could be inside the
crate she discovers down in the hold? As the ship arrives at its
destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well mustachioed
locals to uncover the contents of the crate and the dark secrets of the
menacing Clowns...