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Attack of the Sea Dogs
Time Keys (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 17 September 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘Thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The Guardian
Swashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8- to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on Trains. Supports the key stage 2 curriculum.
Sim, Jeopardy, and Nelson time travel back to 1587, the tense year leading up to the Spanish Armada. They quickly find themselves in dangerous territory aboard Sir Francis Drake's ship the Elizabeth Bonaventure, when the ship sets sail for Drake's notorious three-day raid on Cádiz. Trapped, Sim and his friends must navigate explosive sea battles and evade a mysterious masked mercenary, before they can attempt to return to London and their original mission to search for Sim's father.
The Attack of the Sea Dogs can be listened to as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the thrilling Time Keys series written by M. G. Leonard. Follow Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson's adventures in Ancient Egypt, Hunt for the Golden Scarab, Viking Norway in The Legend of Viking Thunder and Ancient Rome in The Impossible Gladiator.
Praise for the Time Keys series:
‘Classic and fresh – a breathtaking adventure’ - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl
‘Fabulous, fast-paced and thrilling’ - Jonathan Stroud, author of the Lockwood & Co. series
‘A thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The Guardian
‘Fast, dramatic, exciting’ - Hannah Gold
‘Thrilling adventure packed with history, mystery and action’ - The Week Junior
Critics Review
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A thrilling time-travel adventure for 8+
The Guardian
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A note-perfect, time-travelling blockbuster - richly imagined, genuinely fresh . . . A perfect book to open doors for reluctant readers.
Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of The Beast and the Bethany on Hunt for Golden Scarab
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A beautiful concept and a spellbinding, seat-of-the-pants adventure, Hunt for the Golden Scarab is fabulous, fast paced and thrilling. More please!
Jonathan Stroud on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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Classic and fresh - a breathtaking adventure
Eoin Colfer on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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Fast, dramatic, exciting
Hannah Gold on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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Utterly transporting, meticulously researched and a complete triumph of imagination. History, time travel and mystery combine in this epic new adventure from one of our best writers . . . I know so many readers are going to fall in love with this new brilliant series.
A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of the Skandar series on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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It’s a total belter! Loads of action… I absolutely loved it.
Rob Biddulph on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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M.G. Leonard’s epic new Time Keys series is a time-travelling wonder! Leonard was inspired to write this breathtaking series from her own lifelong passion for music and she certainly hits all the right notes with this all-action opener, fabulously illustrated by Croatian artist Manuel Sumberac.
Lancashire Post
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Tremendous fun! A gripping and rollicking adventure
Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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A captivating time travel adventure – music, magic, martial arts and Ancient Egypt
Rashmi Sirdeshpande on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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Absolutely brilliant page-turner. Atmospheric, entertaining and packed to the brim with fascinating facts . . . Loved it
Lauren St John on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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A swashbuckling tale of time travel and derring-do
Daily Telegraph
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This thrilling adventure is packed with history, mystery and action
The Week Junior - Book of the Week on Hunt for the Golden Scarab
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An absolutely incredible story
The Sun
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Leonard never fails to provide engaging adventures with just the right level of peril; and well-drawn bad guys
Irish Examiner
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Details
- Author
- M. G. Leonard, illustrated by Manuel Sumberac
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon
- Duration
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 September 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035039104
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
Synopsis
‘Thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The GuardianSwashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8- to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on Trains. Supports the key stage 2 curriculum.Sim, Jeopardy, and Nelson time travel back to 1587, the tense year leading up to the Spanish Armada. They quickly find themselves in dangerous territory aboard Sir Francis Drake's ship the Elizabeth Bonaventure, when the ship sets sail for Drake's notorious three-day raid on Cádiz. Trapped, Sim and his friends must navigate explosive sea battles and evade a mysterious masked mercenary, before they can attempt to return to London and their original mission to search for Sim's father.The Attack of the Sea Dogs can be listened to as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the thrilling Time Keys series written by M. G. Leonard. Follow Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson's adventures in Ancient Egypt, Hunt for the Golden Scarab, Viking Norway in The Legend of Viking Thunder and Ancient Rome in The Impossible Gladiator. Praise for the Time Keys series:‘Classic and fresh – a breathtaking adventure’ - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl‘Fabulous, fast-paced and thrilling’ - Jonathan Stroud, author of the Lockwood & Co. series‘A thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The Guardian‘Fast, dramatic, exciting’ - Hannah Gold‘Thrilling adventure packed with history, mystery and action’ - The Week Junior
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