Land-pirate Sam Singh sails to the Isle of Lost Voices in search of his missing brother, Moon, in Gita Ralleigh's second magical middle grade adventure set in a parallel colonial India.Sam Singh's older brother Moon has been missing for three years. Sam fears Moon, a skilled thief, has been transported to the Octopus, a notorious prison on the Isle of Lost Voices. When a shady figure called the Collector offers him a job, Sam leaves his tribe to voyage to the Isle to help the Collector record a rare language spoken by its indigenous people. With his talking parrot Suka, and a young guide Lola, Sam treks into the jungle interior where they discover a deadly secret. En route they meet a princess on a special mission and, with a flock of parrots and a statue that comes alive, attempt to break into the prison. Swept back out to sea by an unexpected storm, the friends encounter wild dugongs and sea-pirates, in a race against time to find Moon and a brighter future for Sam and Lola.