Book Description
Product Description
HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWIST
The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.
A 300-year-old legend
Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues.
A deadly path
It isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure.Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
Dead bodies litter the trail. Time is running out before the island will be sold.
Will the Virals' special powers be enough to save them?
From the Inside Flap
A 300-year-old legend
The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.
Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist
Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues.
A deadly path
It isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure. Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
Dead bodies litter the trail. Time is running out before the island will be sold.
Will the Virals' special powers be enough to save them?
From the Back Cover
Praise for Kathy Reichs
'Kathy Reichs gets it dead right with sharp writing and a plot that throws a bunch of very real teens into a deadly adult world... I loved it and I'm sure fans of Alex Rider will love it too' Anthony Horowitz
'Mystery... fantasy, science... and heart-stopping action. After I read Tory Brennan's first adventure, I wanted more, more, MORE' R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps
'Fourteen-year-old Tory is brilliant ... far more gutsy than your average geek. Compelling reading.' Bliss Magazine
kathy reichs the author who inspired the hit tv show Bones
WITHIN BRANDING STRIP...
Like Tory Brennan's Great-aunt,
Dr Tempe Brennan, Kathy Reichs
is a top forensics expert.
She combines her knowledge
with gripping action in her
second thrilling virals adventure.