Luzie's father, Captain Tim Timm is unexpectedly hired by a shipping company that specialises in salvaging shipwrecks - and for Luzie that means summer holidays in the Caribbean! However it has to be said that life on board the Constantina is far from idyllic, as Elena Wagner, the company's ...

August, 79 AD: it is the middle of summer in Pompeii and the earth is shaking, while Mount Vesuvius is spitting fire! Are the gods angry with the inhabitants of this affluent town? The people are living in fear and terror. What's more, there are rumours of repeated ghost sightings ...

Hikers in distress! While on a mountain hike, Benny, Anna and Dorian witness the work of the mountain rescue service at close quarters when two tourists completely overestimate their stamina. The next day, their search for rock crystals leads the children into increasingly steep terrain. Almost ...

Cologne, 1445. Following her father's death, ten-year-old Johanna has to work as a maidservant in the house of a wealthy merchant. Andreas, the merchant's son, seems terribly stuck-up at first, but then he teaches her to read and write in secret. One night, needing a candle for her ...

In 1279 BC, the goldsmith Huja is commissioned by Pharaoh Ramses II to make an elaborately jewelled golden casket. This is a great honour for the craftsman, and he is the envy of many, but it also puts him in a perilous position. If the work is not finished in time, he is in danger of severe ...

It is China, during the reign of the first emperor Qin Shi Huang (who ruled from 221-210 BC). Cao Pi is nine years old; his father Cao Shi is a crossbowman in the Imperial Army, but he has disappeared without trace, and their whole village is in mourning. Then Cao Pi's friend Mei ...

It is 506 BC, and July has been a feverishly busy month for Mikion and Andronikos in their Athens ceramics workshop. They have landed an extremely lucrative commission for the Panathanean games and are working non-stop - it is vital that this order is perfect. At last, the day arrives for the ...

When he is given permission to visit his father in the Ecuadorian jungle, Paul doesn't guess for a moment what a tight spot he'll end up in! Paul's father is spending a few months researching snakes, and unfortunately has no time to show his son around the dense rainforest, so Paul heads off an ...

Count von Falkenstein has been invited to attend the great celebration at the court of Emperor Barbarossa. His children, the twins Hagen and Johanna, are meant to remain at home in the castle. Secretly they make their way to the court of the Emperor - and on the path they find a little sack ...