Erlenburg, winter 1390: kitchen boy Hannes comes across a stranger in the snow-bound castle moat - half-frozen, but still alive! He takes him to the safety of the larder next to the castle's kitchen. It's not long before Hannes and his friends start wondering who this ...

Erlenburg, 1390: monastery life is anything but easy for wealthy merchant's son Paul; he finds it very hard to conform to the strict monastic rules. And then, to make matters even worse, he is accused of theft! He is supposed to have stolen a priceless manuscript from the library - ...

At the Olympic games in the year 350 B.C. young Kapros has a good chance of winning the pentathlon and the wrestling competition. But then he suddenly goes missing! Has he lost his nerve all of a sudden and been frightened off by the strength of the competition?

Surely not! The ...

Who stole the Viking's treasure?

Helge Helgeson, the old jarl of Haithabu is dead! In keeping with ancient Viking traditions, he is to be buried at sea. But the night before the ceremony is due to take place the ship disappears! And with it the treasure that is meant to accompany the dead ...

Egypt 1300 B.C: the aged and highly respected scribe Neferhotep is dead. He leaves behind a large collection of writings, amongst them a priceless medical text written on papyrus, which was meant to be left to the magician and healer Pabekamun. Such were the terms of the dead man's will. But ...

July 1390: when Captain Klaus sails his boat into the harbour outside the town, the local innkeepers and grocers who have eagerly awaited his cargo are delighted. The great annual fair is to take place the very next day, the town is full of visitors and they will all be hungry and thirsty! ...

Rome at the time of Caesar: when the four children Cornelia, Titus, Gaius and Publius dig up an old amphora they find in the mud of the Tiber, they are quite sure it must be hidden pirates' treasure. But the amphora contains neither gold nor precious stones, instead there's a ...