A beautiful flapped paperback edition of this stand-alone adventure by the author of The Letter for the KingDeep in the woods, a young boy is kept prisoner by his uncle.
He cannot meet other children, or have any friends.
He holds the key to a secret.
Meanwhile, in a quiet village, Frans the schoolteacher invents stories of perilous deeds, shipwrecks, desert islands, and haunted castles to entertain his pupils.
Then one stormy evening, a letter blows onto his doormat, summoning him to a meeting.
Suddenly, Frans is on a real-life mission, one in which he will encounter magicians, secret passages, conspiracies, hidden treasure and a sealed parchment which predicts the future.
He will learn the secret of the Seven Ways.
He will find seven allies.
And he will make a fearsome enemy.
The adventure has begun.