Tom is back at the Scatterhorn Museum, looking forward to spending some time there while his parents are away on one of their adventures. But an unexpected visitor called Pearl Smoot throws everything into disarray when she arrives with an incredible story. She says Tom's old enemy, Don Gervase Askary, has taken her father and brother - and what's more, she claims he has Tom's parents too. Together Tom and Pearl set out on a perilous journey to rescue their families - a journey that will take them in and out of time, to exotic foreign lands, and finally into the secret hidden world of Scarazand, stronghold of the terrifying Don Gervase himself . . . It's non-stop action in this breathtaking sequel to the first fantastic Tom Scatterhorn book, The Museum's Secret.

 

This book is part of a book series called The Remarkable Adventures Of Tom Scatterhorn .

There are 528 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Oxford University Press .

Henry Chancellor is the author of the highly acclaimed Colditz: The Definitive History, and The Official Companion to Ian Fleming's Creation - James Bond - The Man and His World. His remarkable television series, Escape from Colditz, won sweeping praise and has been shown all over the world. His documentaries for television include The Great Belzoni, Millennium and Commando and he lives in Suffolk with his wife and young children.