The Great Journey

Zeng He, a Chinese admiral, led a huge fleet seven times around Asia to India and as far as East Africa in the 15th century. He did not return from his last voyage. More than five hundred years later, Jules Lederer, a member of a Masonic lodge in London, is commissioned by the Grand Lodge to find out the whereabouts of Zeng He as part of the new Decade Project. An impossible task?
Two great stories are told in parallel. The life of Zeng He with all his adventures between 1382 and 1433, and the search of Jules Lederer and his scientific teams for the tomb of the great navigator in the years 2000 to 2009. Both project leaders struggle equally with competitors and intrigues, have to overcome countless difficulties to reach their goal.