Flint & Silver: A Prequel to Treasure Island By John Drake

Flint and Silver is the first in a series of prequels John Drake is planning to the much loved children's book Treasure Island. This rollicking tale of pirates and buried treasure is not a children's book, however. Drake has penned a wonderful beginning to the story that is finished in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, but with an eye on the adult reader who perhaps still longs for adventure on the high seas. Read more.

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