Second in a brand new action adventure series starring 14-year-old Jack Courtney - a hero to rival Alex Rider - from worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith.
Jack and his friends Amelia and Xander are in Zanzibar diving for lost treasure to support Jack's mother's coral protection project. Going further than usual on their last day, their dive boat is lured into a trap and captured by Somali pirates. Determined that his mother shouldn't pay a ransom for their release, Jack won't give up his attempts to escape.
Transferred to a militia training camp for boy soldiers, the trio's only hope is the resourceful Somali boy Mo who befriends them. Can they outwit the ruthless General Sir and his merciless troops in the second gripping adventure from the authors of Cloudburst?
Praise for Cloudburst:
Unputdownable conservation themed action and adventure.' - LoveReading4kids
'An exciting and realistic story, full of bandits, poachers and amazing wildlife...It keeps you turning the pages to the end.' - i Paper
Wilbur for the next generation.Set in Zanzibar and Somalia, Jack and friends are captured by pirates and traded to child soldiers.Cloudburst has sold nearly 40,000 copies in print since March 2020.Wilbur's books have sold 130 million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-six languages.Perfect reading for 10 to 14 year olds.