The book is a story of a paranormal adventure, it starts in the 21st century and surrounds an old Manor House in which at a certain time of the year becomes a very dangerous place to be, anyone who is trapped inside of it on that date is automatically transported back 342 years into the past, the main charactors who are Tom and Chrissie fall foul of this and once back in time they eventually meet up with the original owner of the Manor House, his name is Admiral Duncan Maudly and his accomplice Kate Morgan, they are known Buccanneers and they take Tom and Chrissie on an adventure of a lifetime, they take part in sea battles with the Spanish war ships and many other adventures while they are trapped there in time, they eventually see for themselves Port Royal which turns out not to be a very nice place to be, for at this time a pledge which has been made between the Admiral and Lucifer the Devil in 1661 was to have disastrious consequences for them all.