For Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack, the holiday in Cornwall is everything they'd hope for, until they begin to realize that something very sinister is taking place on the mysterious Isle of Gloom. But they're not prepared for the dangerous adventure that awaits them in the abandoned copper mines and secret tunnels beneath the sea. In this series launch, Blyton sets the scene with the two pairs of siblings who will feature in all eight Adventure books. Philip Mannering (13) is spending his summer catching up on algebra at the home of one of his teachers when he meets orphaned Jack (14), obsessed with birds, and Lucy-Ann (11) Trent and their insolent parrot, Kiki. Philip, passionate about animals, and his sister Dinah (12) live with a difficult uncle and aunt on the coast when they are not away at school. When Philip heads home to Craggy-Tops, Jack and Lucy-Ann sneak away with him, and Philip’s Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn reluctantly allow them to stay as paying guests at a massive but rundown house on a cliff without electricity or running water. Strange lights on the nearby Isle of Gloom leads to the children’s first mystery together (including caves, secret passages, a dark well and a copper mine) and the acquaintance of Bill Smugs, eventually revealed as a policeman and who plays an important role in the series. Penulis: Enid Blyton Penerbit: Pan Macmillan Halaman: 192