While on a stormbound flight to Shanghai, a mysterious old man from Manchuria thrusts a strange object into the hand of Jocelyn Osgood, the well-known Flight Attendant with Valkyrian Airways. When the old man inexplicably disappears, he leaves Jocelyn with a clue to the whereabouts of an antique Chinese treasure - one that holds the very secret to pure magic.
With advice from Cairo Jim, Jocelyn embarks upon a search for the Puce Empress. But Gordon Slenderhead, that renowned prestidigitator, is also after the Empress, and his devious desire is all-consuming...
