After lightning strikes Whit’s End, Patrick’s trip in the Imagination Station goes haywire. At the workshop, Eugene Meltsner and Beth work to fix the machine. They discover that Patrick has landed in the wrong place at definitely the wrong time. He has only hours to get away before Mount Vesuvius erupts. Meanwhile, Patrick befriends a preacher named Valen. Together they try to help the local people escape certain death. But a troublesome teen wants to keep Patrick in the city at any cost. A “new” invention launches Beth into Pompeii just as the volcano explodes. Read on to find out if she and Patrick avert disaster!