Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Hudson is positive that he is going to have a lonely, dreary summer until he discovers a hidden chamber behind his fireplace. In the room sits an old wizard who tells the boys that he has been waiting for him. The wizard sends Nicholas through a magical door to a land called Tovenaar, charged with the mission of finding the land's disappearing children. Once under the protection of the Great Wizards, Tovenaar is now held captive by the evil Pelaygros whom the Tovenaara