In 1854, eleven-year-old Charlie Towns helps his classmate, Mei Li, flee her sinister uncle in Shanghai. Charlie soon finds himself racing across a fantastic, war-torn China to save Mei Li's grandmother before the Autumn Moon rises. Armed with only his wits and a "magic" marble, Charlie battles gamblers, river pirates and rebels. But as they journey further up the mysterious Yangtze River they confront incredible creatures from Chinese myth. Will...