Haute Savoise Alps, 1934 Nestled in a winding, tree-swathed valley below the majestic peaks of France's Mont Blanc massive, the quaint alpine township of St. Clusen is home to some very unusual inhabitants. Father Joseph Pascal Arbois, the local priest, suffers many trials and tribulations perpetrated by ghosts and time warps that cause great consternation for him and his parishioners. Alas, he also worries about his parish church which is likely to collapse at any moment due to an infestation of a particularly pernicious strain of woodworm. And, as if that weren't enough, Father Arbois is constantly in peril of being swept up by one of the amazing, but slightly flawed inventions of the local aristocrat, Count Altermark du Claud Bonneville and dumped into the ice cold, rushing waters of the River Arve. Readers of all ages are invited to come along for a wild ride with Father Arbois in one of the Count's wondrous machines, but beware...you might just wind up laughing your head off