Shadow Thieves: Island of Skulls

Published on 25 August 2026 at 09:26

Shadow Thieves: Island of Skulls

🏴‍☠️💀🗺️⚔️

by Peter Burns

★★★★★

At a glance

Things I loved:

✍🏼 Author: Peter Burns

🎨 Cover artist: Manuel Sumberac

📅 Release Date: 4th June 2026

📚 Book type: Chapter, 384 pages

🌟 Reader level: Confident

🏴‍☠️ Danger, action & adventure
💥 Fast-paced twists & turns
🕵️ Secrets waiting to unravel
🤝 Brilliant character development
😱 Tension on every page
📚 A fantastic second installment

Dive Deeper

My Thoughts...

I could not WAIT to get my hands on the next instalment of Shadow Thieves after seeing it all over my Bookstagram feed! And, unsurprisingly, it is just as fabulous as the first!

Following on from book one, Tom Morgan and his fellow Shadow Thieves find themselves in the middle of nowhere on the Island of Skulls. Under the guise of spending the summer avoiding the Crimson Flu outbreak, Tom has a suspicion that there is a little more to their trip. Something hidden. Something dangerous. And something that is very highly sought after…

I just adore Peter Burns’ writing style and found myself unable to put this book down. The plot is fast-paced, full of twists and turns and absolutely overflowing with danger and threat.

I love how every page is packed with action, old characters are revisited, and yet the twists still manage to surprise me!

Unlike the first book, Island of Skulls contains just a hint more risk and violence, which is right up my street! The characters are also brilliant and so well developed. I can’t help but feel attached to Tom and Maxine, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, waiting for something to happen to them!

🌟This is a perfect second book and has left me with SO many questions that MUST be answered!! Bring on book three… and long live the Corsair!!!🌟

Blurb

Tom and his new friends from Beaufort’s School for Deceptive Arts are taken on a treasure-hunting trip to a private island in the Mediterranean once owned by the great villain himself, the Duke of Nimes. The Duke is said to have hidden a spectacular treasure in the warrens, tunnels and caves that pepper the island – as well as a terrifying weapon.

Will Tom’s street-smarts keep him and his friends alive as they chase down the treasure? And who are the deadly double agents that are sabotaging everything?

Trust no one. This is not a game.