ADVENTURE STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). AUSTRALIAN. When Harley Spark 'finds' an old Chinese vase on the footpath, something compels him to stuff it under his jumper and head for home. But in a moment of misadventure the vase shatters and a young Chinese warrior rises from the fragments. Qing Long is one of the five daughters of the First Dragon, and Harley has accidentally re-ignited a war between two ancient, magical families. Qing has been imprisoned in the vase for millennia, and believes her four sisters may still be trapped, so she and Harley set out on a quest to find and free them. But they need help from Harley's mysteriously well-resourced dad. Soon Harley and Qing are hurled into a wild international adventure that lands them in the lair of the Diamond King, where danger lurks around every corner. Age 9+
