It is AD 79 & Mount Vesuvius has erupted destroying Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina & her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy Nubia the African slave-girl & Lupus the mute beggar boy. When the friends discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps they start to investigate & soon solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting & dramatic story packed with superb historical detail.