Time-traveling brothers Tyler, David and Josh are back, and this time they have really gotten themselves in trouble! When Josh and David discover that Tyler has used the time tunnel again, they have no choice but to go after him. They have twenty-four hours to return to their own time, but something is in their way: pirates! And not just any piratea]standing between the boys and home is Buccaneer Bill Johnston of the St. Lawrence River, who is on a midnight mission that does not include three boys from the future. Will the boys make it back or will they have to live in 1838 forever?