The Hunchback Assignments Series by Arthur Slade

3.75 · 53 ratings
  • The Hunchback Assignments (The Hunchback Assignments #1)
    #1

    The Hunchback Assignments (The Hunchback Assignments #1)

    Arthur Slade

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2009

    A gripping new series combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London. The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an amazing ability to transform his appearance, and Mr. Socrates raises him in isolation as an agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind Brittania's efforts to rule the empire. At 14, Modo is left on the streets of London to fend for himself... more

  • The Dark Deeps (The Hunchback Assignments #2)
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    The Dark Deeps (The Hunchback Assignments #2)

    Arthur Slade

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2010

    A fantastic Steampunk adventure in the deepsTransforming his appearance and stealing secret documents from the French is all in a day’s work for fourteen-year-old Modo, a British secret agent. But his latest mission—to uncover the underwater mystery of something called the Ictíneo—seems impossible. There are rumors of a sea monster and a fish as big as a ship. French spies are after it, and Mr. Socrates, Modo’s master, wants to find it first... more

  • Empire of Ruins (The Hunchback Assignments #3)
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    Empire of Ruins (The Hunchback Assignments #3)

    Arthur Slade

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2011

    Secret agent Modo's next assignment? Find ancient Egyptian ruins hidden deep in the Australian jungle and the mysterious God Face, rumoured to be a powerful weapon—anyone who looks upon it will be driven mad. And he must find the God Face before the evil Clockwork Guild does!

  • Island of Doom (The Hunchback Assignments #4)
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    Island of Doom (The Hunchback Assignments #4)

    Arthur Slade

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2012

    After previous assignments in London, the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, and the Australian rain forest, this final adventure in the Hunchback Assignments series finds our hero, shape-shifting, masked spy Modo, on his most personal quest. Along with fellow spy Octavia Milkweed, they search for Modo's biological parents. But when the Clockwork Guild find Modo's parents first, Octavia and Modo chase them across Europe and North America to the Island of Doom... more

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