Book One: The North American Expedition
Where myth walks, science follows...
In 1902, five daring minds set sail from London to uncover the truth behind the world's most fearsome legends. Led by the gruff Captain Reginald "Reggie" Blake and the brilliant cryptozoologist Dr. Eleanor Hawthorne, the newly formed Imperial League of Beastly Inquiry begins its journey deep in the wilds of North America.
From the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest, where whispers of Sasquatch echo among the trees, to the thunderous peaks of the Appalachians and the haunted swamps of Louisiana, the League hunts for creatures thought to exist only in folklore. But what they find-feathers that hum with static, blood that glows under moonlight, and eyes watching from the shadows-suggests the line between legend and life is thinner than anyone imagined.
Told through Captain Blake's recovered diaries, this thrilling first volume launches a globe-spanning adventure filled with danger, discovery, and the birth of a new science: Crypta.
The hunt for truth has begun.