Mike, Rob and Grant are camping in the Bowron Lakes when they stumble across the remains of a prospector's cabin and are transported back in time to the 1868 Barkerville Fire. The three brothers are pitted against the raging fire and a crooked claim jumper as they battle to save a young girl trapped in an abandoned mine shaft. A surprise ending wraps up Three Against Time (Orca $7.95) by Margaret Taylor of Heriot Bay, herself a mother of three sons.

[BCBCW 1997]