The society of unknowable objects

The world of unknowable objects - ordinary items that most people have no idea possess magical powers - has been quiet for years ... In London, a secret society dedicated to seeking out, collecting and protecting these extraordinary objects has remained vigilant. A new artefact - a chess piece - has surfaced in Hong Kong. Frank Simpson, the society's J longest-serving member, asks newcomer Magda Sparks to investigate.
Within hours of arriving in the city, she is confronted by a trained killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects. Barely escaping with her life, Magda learns that the society may have been keeping secrets from her. it What she discovers takes her on a perilous journey to America's deep south in pursuit of the answers she craves. Magic may be too powerful to be allowed out into the world - but Magda begins to understand there is : one thing even more dangerous : the truth.