If you are afraid of evil pirates...clockwork cronies ...talking animals...creepy mansions...mysterious journals...sinister situations...perilous plots...and adventure beyond the limits of this mundane world...then this is NOT the book for you. But Noel and Holli Macgregor and their pudgy black Lab Gilbert have no choice when they accidentally travel to an alternate 1750s South Carolina. Follow the kids and their dog at your peril as they enter the world of the evil Captain Ambrose Craven and his Clockwork Pirates!