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Chris, aged 13, discovers that many years ago his grandfather, Captain Wonder, visited an uncharted archipelago in the South Seas. The archipelago was inhabited by evil, black-magic sorcerers and gentle "natural" sorcerers, and was surrounded by a magical barrier that made the islands inaccessible to explorers from the outside world. After a year-long stay there, Captain Wonder was never able to revisit the bewitched archipelago because his first mate, Chamberlain, had stolen from him the nautical chart and the magical telescope that would enable him to cross the magical barrier. Chris spends his vacation on Hawaii, where he makes friends with kids whose grandfather, Kalua, was ship's boy in Captain Wonder's crew, and who has told his grandkids stories of his voyages with Captain Wonder. Kalua's grandchildren suspect that there are links between the bewitched archipelago and Honolulu, and they have been investigating those links for years. Chris, along with Kalua's grandkids, discovers that a ship from the bewitched archipelago visits Honolulu on a regular basis. When they further uncover a secret chamber on Oahu's coast, their investigation takes a dramatic turn… Batara, a black-magic sorcerer visiting Oahu, discovers that his activities are being watched, and he kidnaps the youngsters. All of a sudden, Chris and his friends are on the way to the bewitched archipelago-a seemingly hopeless situation… But as they are heading south, it turns out that the commander of the ship, Captain Cunning, who works for the ruler of the black-magic sorcerers, is a double agent, so to speak, and a friend of the natural sorcerers. Before Batara can deliver the kids to Garfin, the ruler of the dark sorcerers, Captain Cunning organizes their escape. The kids find shelter with Gatua, who is the ruler of the natural sorcerers, and Kalua's childhood friend. Gatua reveals to the children that they have arrived at a very critical point in the history of the bewitched archipelago. The very
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