Just when Dylan Maples is settling down after last summer's trip to
Ireland's Eye, the parental units are at it again--planning another
family adventure. Only this time, it's not a summer vacation, but an
extended trip way up north to Cobalt, Ontario, in the middle of a bitter
winter. Once a thriving silver mining community, all that's left of the
town's rich history are the long abandoned mines.
A Toronto millionaire has hired Dylan's dad to retrieve a fortune in
silver allegedly stolen from his grandfather back in the early part of
the twentieth century. But was the fortune really stolen? And if so,
where has it been hidden? The answers to these questions reside with one
man--Theobald T. Larocque, Cobalt's oldest citizen. But no one has seen
him in years. And no one seems at all eager to help Dylan's dad locate
him--except, of course, his devoted son Dylan, and Dylan's newfound
friend and accomplice, Wynona Dixon.