Max Andrew dreams for the life of an adventurer, but what fifteen-year old stuck in suburbia doesn't? It's the beginning of summer break and he's desperate for an out. Despite the persistent nagging from his parents and friends telling him to quit dreaming and join them in the real world, Max refuses to accept that his life is destined for ordinary. Luckily, he doesn't have to wait long when fate, his foolhardy uncle and a coded message found in an old dusty Atlas suddenly cross paths in his normally quiet neighborhood. Now, as Max digs deeper, he discovers that being an adventurer comes with more problems than he'd imagined when he's drawn into a deadly race to stop a new-age fraternity of pirates from taking over the world. Scuba diving underwater caves, flying dilapidated planes and breaking into some of London's greatest monuments with help from a fiery red-head are all in a day's work for an adventurer, but in the end, Max finds out that's the easy stuff. Will he be able to muster the courage to take on the pirate captain and his henchmen? If not, the world will never be the same.