Tim Collins

Traitor Island

A Pick-Your-Own-Path Adventure

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Imprint: Buster Books

Publication date: 09/10/2025

ISBN: 9781837251025

Age: 9-11 years

Subject: Fiction

Categories: Activity & Puzzles, Fiction

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 192 pages

Illustration: B&W

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

An out-of-this-world middle-grade fiction title which immerses the reader in a page-turning alien adventure.

You are part of a research team who have been sent to another planet to collect plant samples. Just as you prepare to head back to Earth, an alien life form is detected on board your ship. You and the crew are placed on a quarantine island for seven days to check you’re safe. Arguments break out as the crew accuse each other of being infected. The island is lush, jungle and hot, and a sense of paranoia soon sweeps through the group ... Who can you trust on the island? And can you work out who the aliens are before your mind is taken over, too?

This exciting adventure story for readers aged 9+ features a fast-paced branching structure with over 40 possible endings. At the end of each page there are two distinct options that will take the reader on different paths through the action – meaning that the reader controls the narrative (and their destiny!) throughout.

Twenty illustrated puzzle missions are woven into the narrative at key turning points, so the reader is fully immersed in the story. Featuring gripping plot twists and atmospheric illustrations, this is an alien adventure like no other.

Also available in this series:
9781837250455 Traitors in Space

Sales points:

  • A gripping pick-your-own-path story for middle-grade readers, featuring atmospheric illustrations

  • The book's immersive branching structure features over 40 possible endings, allowing the reader to steer the narrative throughout and enjoy the book again and again. The exciting, innovative structure is perfect for engaging reluctant readers

  • Twenty illustrated puzzle missions are woven into the narrative so the reader can feel immersed in the exciting, page-turning plot. For example, a search-and-find scene set in a jungle, a logic game in the crew’s quarters and a mental maths challenge in the locker room

  • ‘Catch them before they catch you’ premise will appeal to fans of The Traitors while this combined with the space-themed setting will appeal to fans of Among Us. Publishing in November 2025, before the 2026 UK and US seasons of The Traitors and ahead of the UK launch of Celebrity Traitors

  • Written by Tim Collins, author of the Sherlock Bones series, which has sold in over 20 languages, and illustrated by Steven Wood

About the Author:

Tim Collins

Tim Collins is originally from Manchester, but now lives near Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books including Wimpy Vampire, Cosmic Colin, Dorkius Maximus and Sherlock Bones. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and he has won awards in the UK and Germany, including the Manchester Fiction City award and the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award.

About the Illustrator:

Steven Wood

Steven Wood lives in North London and works from a little studio in his house. He has been represented by Advocate Art since 2010 and has created children’s illustrations for numerous clients, including Usborne, Templar, Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Harper Collins.

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