Invisible World

An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from Hong Kong to Inner Mongolia in search of a fabled map of the Invisible World.

Stylish, elegant and thrilling, Stuart Cohen's debut novel draws readers into a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies. Invisible World is both a novel of adventure and a mesmerizing exploration of an unseen world.

Andrew Mann's mundane existence ends the day his jet-setting childhood friend, Clayton Smith, sends Andrew an airplane ticket to Asia along with an invitation to his own funeral, dispatched shortly before his mysterious suicide. Clayton has left Andrew a series of clues that lead him on a circuitous journey through China and Inner Mongolia, complicated by shifting alliances and Clayton's ambiguous memory.

More than an adventure, Invisible World is a novel of ideas, its mysterious odyssey interwoven with the philosophy of Mencius, the legacy of Genghis Khan, and meditations on legendary textiles. Readers will be transported and inspired by this exhilarating expedition to the edge of the world.

Stuart Archer Cohen has traveled extensively for business and pleasure through the entire Americas, from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic. His trading company, also called Invisible World, imports and retails wool, silk, alpaca and cashmere clothing from South America and China. Cohen's other novels include 17 Stone Angels (first U.S. publication April 2014) and The Army of the Republic, currently in development for a film by Oliver Stone. He lives in Juneau, Alaska, with his wife and two sons.