If you like the books by Iain Lawrence âThe Wreckersâ, âThe Smugglersâ, and âThe Buccaneersâ youâll love the adventures of Sam Steele. âThe Boy Fortune Huntersâ series began in 1906 with the novel âSam Steeleâs Adventures on Land and Seaâ (later re-published as âThe Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaskaâ). The series lasted six novels, ending in 1911 with the novel âThe Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seasâ. Here, Sam Steele and crew are shipwrecked on a forbidding and mysterious island where the natives worship a powerful Pearl God in a temple overflowing with the most luxurious pearls in the world. Sam is delighted at the prospect of such enormous riches â but the boy-king of the island is forced to sentence Sam to a watery grave. Airplane rescues, uncharted islands, revolutionaries, a lost king, and riches beyond imagination await you as you travel with the Boy Fortune Hunters to fabulous adventure in the South Seas!