This book is the seventh in a unique series that was to run 10 books. Originally it was to be 10 books by 7 authors in a single continuous story arch, with online games, and clue hunts and more, at the 39 Clues website. Each book now seems to be getting better than the one before, and also leaves you hungry for the next instalment. Scholastic has also now announced an 11th volume, The Black Book of Buried Secrets, which will be out shortly after book 10.

Peter Lerangis has written a wonderful piece pivotal to the story arc. Amy and Dan Cahill are still up to their neck in the hunt for the 39 clues. They are learning to trust again. This time they are in South Africa, and the historical figures explored included Winston Churchill and Shaka and they also find out more about their grandmother Grace, and their parents. Lerangis gives us a lot of real history in under 200 pages. Once you start reading this book you will not want to put it down, even more so than some of the others in the series.

The last few books had become very dark and though the race for the 39 clues is still on, and some factions are becoming more and more dangerous, Dan and Amy seem to be finding a better balance. This is another amazing book in an incredible series.

After the fire that took Irina's life, Amy, Dan, and Allastair Oh find themselves on an erupting volcanoe and in a lot of hot water! After Nellie manages to get a boat to take everyone back to Indonesia, Allastair is apparantly (to Amy and Dan) arrested and Amy and Dan are left to head to Pretoria, South Africa on their own. Amy has noticed that she has growing "Cahill" tendincies. Dan is oblivious, but eager to track down the next clue that has connections to both Winston Churchill and Shaka Zulu. The siblings with Nellie and Saladin in tow have to face all sorts of challenges... both mental and physical as they wrestle with themselves, what they've discovered about their parents' death, and especially what clan they belong to...

This series continues to impress me! I'm in my twenties and absolutely love it, my brother is 16 and likes it, I work with many many children between the ages of eight and eleven who can't get enough, and I know many people older than I who enjoy it. This is definiely an impressive series with wide appeal.

it is so awsome i am on book 4 and almost to 5 and 6 and 7 not supposed to be out it says on the internet