After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent.

'Dark Sun' is a short novel aimed at new readers to CHERUB, originally written for World Book Day and now made available in print again by popular demand. To go with it are three stories never before seen in print: 'The Switch', 'CHERUB at Christmas' and 'Kerry's First Mission'.