David Williams has accomplished the dreams of his ancestor, The Duke of Maynard, Jeremiah Cooper. The town of Friendly, Ohio has been completed, to Jeremiah's specifications. When Lillian Evans appears with yet another message from the past, the information takes David and his friend, Roger Dawes, to England, to Ludden Hall, and to a past no one could have ever imagined. Things begin to come together and make sense at last. And yes, we keep the dogs.