It is ten years since the Hispaniola sailed with its hoard of gold from Treasure Island. Now twenty-four, Jim Hawkins is doing well as a boastful local hero. Life is comfortable, if not too exciting--until a beautiful young woman in distress appears. Smitten, Jim is soon led into some very rough waters. With no alternative, he returns to that accursed island," where his comrades marooned three mutinous pirates a decade earlier, and learns the fate of Joseph Tait the most murderous buccaneer of them all......

In 1883, Treasure Island established Robert Louis Stevenson’s literary reputation and brought him instant fame. Its characters gained a permanent place in popular culture, especially the memorable one-legged rascal Long John Silver and his parrot, Cap’n Flint, squawking, "Pieces of Eight!" Now Francis Bryan gives due homage to the immortal original with this thrilling sequel.

It is ten years since the Hispaniola sailed with its hoard of gold from Treasure Island. Now twenty-four, Jim Hawkins is doing well as a boastful local hero. Life is comfortable, if not too exciting--until a beautiful young woman in distress appears. Smitten, Jim is soon led into some very rough waters. With no alternative, he returns to that accursed island," where his comrades marooned three mutinous pirates a decade earlier, and learns the fate of Joseph Tait the most murderous buccaneer of them all......

Prologue: Grown to Man’s Estate

Part One: The Bright Face of Danger

 1 A Mysterious Arrival

2 Violent Encounters

3 Under Siege Again

4 The Majesty of the Law

5 Fugitives All

6 The Night Riders

   Part Two: To Travel Hopefully

7 My Clever Uncle

8 Old Friends Are Best

9 The Hispaniola

10 The Black Brig

11 Ocean Waves

12 Treasure Island Again

  Part Three: Black and Blacker

13 A Mysterious Disappearance

14 Our Difficulties Increase  

15 The Captain’s Ruse    

16 I Argue My Case       

17 The Smell of Death      

18 The Pit of Evil       

  Part Four: The Impenitent Thief

19 The Savagery of Man

20 Escape into Peril

21 A Safety of Sorts

22 The Jaws of Danger

23 Dry Land Once More

24 And We Meet Again

  Part Five: Gentlemen of Spirit

25 A Motley Crew

26 In Sinister Times

27 A Fearful Reunion

28 The Game’s Afoot

   Part Six: Let the Blow Fall

29 Steel Meets Fire

30 Dishonour Among Thieves

31 Of Deepest Inhumanity

32 The Faces of Our Enemies

33 The Wonder of Battle

34 The Last, Longest Moments

Epilogue: A Bed of Roses?