edward iii, 1327-1377

Tom, squire to Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and Ann, maid to the willful Lady Emily, find themselves involved in many fanciful adventures as they try to follow their masters' orders.

Brind, the huntsman of Dowe Manor, is tossed out of the manor--along with his mastiff Glaive, the foster child Aurelie, and her puppy Gabion--after the landlord's wife dies of the Plague, and together the small group goes in search of safety in a land filled with the Black Death.

In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.

A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.