A Hole in the Ice - Weather Caster Saga, #1

"A little bit of Verne, a little bit of Pullman, a whole lot of globe-trotting adventure!""Intelligent writing and a beautiful adventure!"A strange compass. A mysterious expedition. A beautiful but dangerous woman. Parsifal is restless. Tired of his idyllic English upbringing, and frustrated with his cold and officious guardian, Parsifal longs for swashbuckling adventure. With the discovery of a magical compass, his dreams are realized and he finds himself embarking on his guardian's extraordinary scientific expedition, taking him to lands more curious and astounding than any he ever imagined.
Faced with airships, polar bears, mermaids, and Cossacks, Parsifal must fight to uncover the truth.and untangle the threads of a forgotten myth. ***Kindle Book Review Award Finalist 2016***McCallum J. Morgan's writing promises the reader a spellbinding adventure, which readers of Pullman and Verne will fall in love with.