<p>'In this their third adventure the Magic Path leads Kat Geraldson and Nick Thomas to Tangleford Valley in the year 1667 two years after the start of the Great Plague and a year after the Great Fire of London. Here they meet two children of that time Alice and Richard Fletcher whose family had suffered a tragic loss in the plague. A special friendship follows but an unfortunate accident leads Kat Nick and the Fletchers to the brink of disaster.'</p>