Keď fifteen-year-old orphan John Trenchard je banished po jeho Aunt Jane, ona sa chystá naživo na miestnych miestach s mysterious Elzevir Block, ktorý má byť viazaný Customs Officers. Unofficially adopted by Block, John prinesie reasons pre noises v bažinach v noci, z 'Blackbeard' Mohune's lost treasure a Elzevir Block's secret. Táto dashing tale of eighteenth-century Dorset smugglers sa bude tešiť na všetky tieto lásky story z derring-do written in tradition of Treasure Island.